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

The Commission's amended proposal incorporates the European Parliament's amendment, transforming the Directive into a Regulation. It also partially includes those amendments covering the following areas: - requesting that, bearing in mind ICAO-activities, the Commission should submit further measures concerning new and more stringent noise emission standards for civil subsonic jet aeroplanes, in order to prevent any distortion of competition; - underlining the need for the Commission to observe closely the trend in the number of registered "hushkitted" Chapter 2 aeroplanes by 1st April 1999; - stressing the necessity to prohibit abuse of exemptions.�