Aeronautical industry and environment: civil subsonic jet aeroplanes, registration and use. Civil aviation Convention

The committee adopted a report on a Commission proposal for a Council directive on the use within the Community of certain noisy and polluting subsonic jet airplanes. The rapporteur is Mr José VALVERDE LÓPEZ (EPP, Sp). One amendment adopted by the committee aims to ensure that such airplanes cannot be registered for use in the Community from 1 April 1999. Hence no new registrations after that date. Another amendment wants Member States to ban, from 1 April 1999, the operation at their airports between 11pm and 7am of aircraft of this type which have already been registered before that date. �