3. Hushkitted aircrafts
B5-0289/2000
European Parliament resolution on hushkitted aircraft
The European Parliament,
Sdash having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 925/1999 of 29 April 1999 on the registration and
operation within the Community of certain types of civil subsonic jet aeroplanes which have beenmodifiedandrecertificated asmeeting thestandardsofvolumeI,PartII,Chapter 3ofAnnex 16totheConventiononInternationalCivilAviation,thirdedition(July1993)(
1),
Sdash havingregardtoitsresolutionof5May1999ontheTransatlanticEconomicPartnershipandEU-US
tradedisputes,especiallyconcerninghormones,bananasandhushkits(2),
Sdash havingregardtoOralQuestionB5-0020/2000bytheCommitteeontheEnvironment,PublicHealth
andConsumerPolicypursuanttoRule42oftheRulesofProcedureandhavingregardtothestate-mentbytheCommission,
A. whereas Regulation (EC) No 925/1999, adopted unanimously by the Council and approved almost
unanimouslybyParliament,mustbeappliedinallMemberStatesby4May2000,
B. whereas the date of application of the Regulation has already been postponed by one year at the
request of the US Administration in order to reach a common understanding between the EU andtheUSontheremediestonoiseconcernsexpressedbytheEU,
C. whereasitseemsatpresentunlikelythatprogressmadewithinthecompetentbodiesoftheInterna-
tional Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will, within the foreseeable future, lead to a global agree-mentatinternationallevelonmorestringentnoisestandardsforaircraft,
D. whereastheICAOnoisecertificationstandardshavenotbeenupdatedsince1977,
E. whereastheCommissionismakingeveryefforttoreachaconstructiveandacceptablesolutionwith
theUS,
F. whereasthegrowthofcivilaviationmustbeaccompaniedbyaprogressiveandcrediblereductionin
noisepollutionaroundairports,
1. ConsidersthattheEuropeanUnionstrategyshouldbeaimedatreachingaglobalagreementatinter-
national level (within the ICAO) on more stringent noise certification standards for aircraft, including aphase-outplanfortheleastnoise-efficientaircraftwithinthecurrentChapter3,includinghushkittedair-craftandre-certificated aircraft withlowby-passratios;thisisalsonecessaryifcompetitionisnottobedistortedinanincreasinglyglobalisedaviationmarket;
2. Stressesthatintheeventualabsenceofsuchglobalagreement, measurestakenattheEUlevelwill
provetobetheonlymeanstopreventadeteriorationintheoverallnoisesituationintheEU;
3. Considers that close cooperation and joint efforts of the EU and the US are fundamental for the
creationofmorestringentaircraftnoisestandardssuitableforworldwideapplication;
(1) OJL115,4.5.1999,p.1.
(2) OJC279,1.10.1999,p.215.C378/70 EN29.12.2000 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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4. ConsidersthatthedemandsmadebytheUSforanindefinite suspensionoftheEURegulation are
totally unacceptable and will entail an unsustainable situation in the EU exposing people to noise levelswhichendangertheirhealthandqualityoflife;
5. Considersthat the denselypopulated areas ofthe EU posespecific problems,with around20% of
theUnion’spopulationsufferingfromnoiselevelsthatscientistsandhealthexpertsconsidertobeunac-ceptable(
1),withanincreasingsharerepresentedbyairtrafficnoise;
6. Welcomesthe progress being madewithin CAEP(CommitteeonAviation Environment Protection)
intheICAO,towardsanewstandardonnoiseandstrategyforphasingoutthenoisiestaircraftandcalls
onthe Member Statesand the US toaccelerate the progress towardsa successful agreement at the fifthmeetingofCAEP;
7. Willonlyconsideralimitedreview ofRegulation(EC)No925/1999concerningtheprovisionsfor
aeroplanes registered in third countries before these provisions enter into force in April 2002, on thecondition that the US administration makes a written, binding commitment, including a timetable notexceeding the end of 2001, to attain world-wide standards similar to or more stringent than those laiddowninthesaidRegulation;
8. Underlines its unwillingness to consider a further postponement of Regulation (EC) No 925/1999
concerningtheprovisionsforaeroplanesregisteredinaMemberState;
9. Asks the US to withdraw its action under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention on International
Civil Aviation pending a globalagreement andurges the USnottoresort toother retaliatory measures,butinsteadtotakeaconstructiveapproachinnegotiatinghighglobalstandardswithintheICAOinpart-nershipwiththeEU;
10. CallsontheMemberStates,withthesupportoftheCommission,tocoordinatetheireffortswithin
the ICAO in order to get the best possible outcome for EU environmental objectives on aircraft noisestandards;
11. Instructsits President toforward this resolution to the Commission,the Council and the govern-
ments and parliaments of the Member States as well as to the US Administration, Senate and House of
Representatives.
(1) GreenPaperonFutureNoisePolicy(COM(1996)540).
4. Mediterranean policy
B5-0297, 0298, 0300, 0303 and 0304/2000
European Parliament resolution on Mediterranean policy
The European Parliament,
Sdash havingregardtoArticles17,18,21and22oftheEUTreaty,
Sdash having regard to its resolution of 11 October 1995 on the Mediterranean policy of the European
UnionwithaviewtotheBarcelonaConference(1),
Sdash havingregardtoitsresolutionof14December1995ontheEuro-Mediterranean ConferenceinBar-
celona(2),
Sdash havingregardtoitsresolutionof13March1997onthejointreportbythePresidencyoftheCouncil
andtheCommissiononMediterraneanpolicy(3),
(1) OJC287,30.10.1995,p.121.
(2) OJC17,22.1.1996,p.178.
(3) OJC115,14.4.1997,p.159.29.12.2000 EN C378/71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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