EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE NEW RULES TO DEAL WITH NOISE AT AIRPORTS
January 1st, 2014
BY CARMEN PAUN, in Brussels THE EUROPEAN Commission, the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers have agreed a law introducing measures that national and local authorities have to respect when they decide to set operating restrictions at European airports limiting aircraft noise. Under the deal struck on Monday (Jan 27) the regulation will apply only to airports with more than 50,000 civil aircraft movements per year.The new rules will incorporate International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) principles on airport noise and ...
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