CELEX: 52001PC0695
Language: en
Date: 2001-11-28
Title: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Community airports

C 75 E/318            EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      26.3.2002
               Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of
               rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at
                                                           Community airports
                                                             (2002/C 75 E/21)
                                                         (Text with EEA relevance)
                                               COM(2001) 695 final  2001/0282(COD)
                                           (Submitted by the Commission on 3 December 2001)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF                                 (7) A common framework of rules and procedures for the
THE EUROPEAN UNION,                                                            introduction of operating restrictions at Community
                                                                               airports, as part of a balanced approach on noise
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                          management, will help safeguard internal market
Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,                            requirements by introducing similar operating restrictions
                                                                               at airports with broadly comparable noise problems. This
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                             includes assessment of the noise impact at an airport and
                                                                               evaluation of the measures available to alleviate that
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                        impact, and selection of the appropriate mitigation
Committee,                                                                     measures with the goal of achieving the maximum
                                                                               environmental benefit most cost effectively,
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article               (8) Regulation 2408/92 (2) provides in Articles 8 and 9 for,
251 of the Treaty,                                                             inter alia, publication and examination of operating
                                                                               restrictions: the relationship of those provisions with
Whereas:                                                                       this Directive should be set out.
  (1) A key objective of the common transport policy is
      sustainable development. This requires an integrated                 (9) The legitimate interest of the air transport sector in
      approach aimed at ensuring both the effective functioning                applying cost-effective solutions for meeting noise
      of the Community’s transport systems and the protection                  management goals should be recognised,
      of the environment,
  (2) Sustainable development of air transport necessitates the          (10) The 33rd ICAO Assembly has adopted Resolution A33/7
      introduction of measures aimed at reducing the noise                     introducing the concept of a balanced approach to noise
      nuisance from aeroplanes at airports with particular                     management, thereby establishing a policy approach to
      noise problems,                                                          address aeroplane noise, including international guidance
                                                                               for the introduction of operating restrictions on an
  (3) A new, more stringent noise certification standard, defined              airport-by-airport basis. The balanced approach concept
      in Chapter 4 of Volume 1, Part II of Annex 16 to the                     of aeroplane noise management comprises four principle
      Convention on International Civil Aviation, has been                     elements and requires careful assessment of all different
      established within the framework of the International                    options to mitigate noise, including reduction of aeroplane
      Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and will contribute                   noise at source, land-use planning and management
      to an improvement in the noise climate around airports                   measures, noise abatement operational procedures and
      in the longer term,                                                      operating restrictions, without prejudice to relevant legal
                                                                               obligations, existing agreements, current laws and estab-
  (4) The Chapter 4 standard has been established for certifi-                 lished policies,
      cation of aeroplanes and not as a basis for the intro-
      duction of operating restrictions,
                                                                          (11) Directive 2002/. . ./EC which is a horizontal measure
  (5) The gradual removal of Chapter 2 aeroplanes in                           covering all modes of transport has introduced a
      application of Directive 92/14/EEC (1)will be completed                  common approach for the assessment and management
      on 1 April 2002 and new measures will be required to                     of environmental noise. It aims at monitoring the environ-
      prevent a deterioration in the noise climate after 2002,                 mental problem caused by noise in major agglomerations
      assuming continued growth of air transport in Europe,                    and in the vicinity of main transport infrastructures,
                                                                               including airports, at making information on environ-
  (6) The use of aeroplanes with a better environmental                        mental noise and its effects available to the public, and
      performance can contribute to a more effective use of                    at requesting competent authorities to draw up action
      available airport capacity and facilitate airport infra-                 plans with a view to preventing and reducing environ-
      structure development in line with market requirements,                  mental noise where necessary and to preserving environ-
                                                                               mental noise quality where it is good,
(1) OJ L 76, 23.3.1992, p. 21 as amended by Council Directive
    98/20/EC (OJ L 107, 7.4.1998, p. 4).                                 (2) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.
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(12) Directive 85/337/EEC (1) already provides for a compre-                    airports, but there is a possibility of introducing
      hensive assessment of airport projects including noise                    distortions of competition. The objective can therefore,
      mitigation. This can be considered as meeting, in part,                   be more effectively achieved by the Community by
      the assessment requirements of this Directive in the case                 means of harmonised rules on the introduction of
      of airport infrastructure extension projects,                             operating restrictions as part of the noise management
                                                                                process. The Directive confines itself to the minimum
                                                                                required in order to achieve this objective and does not
(13) Such an assessment may demonstrate that the objectives                     go beyond what is necessary for that purpose,
      can only be achieved by a restriction on new services and
      the gradual withdrawal of aeroplanes that meet the
      Chapter 3 noise certification standard by a small margin,           (23) In accordance with Article 2 of Decision 1999/468/EC of
                                                                                28 June 1999 (2) laying down the procedures for the
                                                                                exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
(14) The particular noise problems of airports which are                        Commission, certain measures for the implementation of
      located in the centre of large conurbations (city airports)             this Directive should be adopted by use of the advisory
      should be recognised by allowing for the introduction of                  procedure provided for in Article 3 of that Decision,
      more stringent rules,
(15) It is necessary to finalise the indicative list of city airports     (24) Since certain measures necessary for the implementation
      on the basis of information to be provided by Member                      of this Directive are measures of general scope within the
      States,                                                                   meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of
                                                                                28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercice
                                                                                of implementing powers conferred on the Commission,
                                                                                they should be adopted by use of the regulatory
(16) The extension of airport infrastructure should be                          procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision,
      facilitated with a view to safeguarding the sustainable
      development of air transport activities,
                                                                          (25) The measures provided for by the present Directive
(17) It is necessary to allow for the continuation of existing                  supersede those provided by Regulation (EC) 925/1999
      airport-specific noise management measures and for                        of 29 April (3) on the registration and operation within
      certain technical changes to operating restrictions of a                  the Community of certain types of civil subsonic jet aero-
      partial nature,                                                           planes which have been modified and recertificated as
                                                                                meeting the standards of volume I, Part II, Chapter 3 of
                                                                                Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil
(18) Undue economic hardship for operators from developing                      Aviation, third edition (July 1993). That Regulation
      nations should be avoided by allowing for the granting of                 should therefore be repealed,
      exemptions where appropriate, and such provision should
      include safeguards to avoid abuse,
                                                                          HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
(19) It is necessary to ensure transparency and consultation of
      all parties involved in conjunction with proposals on
      noise related measures, including the introduction of
                                                                                                        Article 1
      new operating restrictions,
                                                                                                       Objectives
(20) Operators should be given a reasonable period of advance             The objectives of this Directive are
      notice when new operating restrictions are to be
      introduced,
                                                                          (a) to lay down rules for the Community to facilitate the intro-
                                                                              duction of operating restrictions in a consistent manner at
(21) Provisions should be made to ensure the right of appeal                  the airport level so as to help prevent a worsening of the
      against the introduction of operating restrictions,                     noise climate and to limit or reduce the number of people
                                                                              significantly affected by the harmful effects of aircraft noise
(22) The Directive is in accordance with the principles of
      subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5
      of the Treaty. The introduction of operating restrictions           (b) to provide a framework which safeguards internal market
      at Community airports can contribute to the objective                   requirements by ensuring that similar solutions are applied
      ofpreventing a worsening of the noise climate around                    if similar noise problems are identified at airports
(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40 as amended by Council Directive             (2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
    97/11/EC (OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5).                                  (3) OJ L 120, 8.5.99, p. 47.
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(c) to facilitate a sustainable development of airport capacity           (f) Interested parties shall mean natural or legal persons
                                                                              affected or likely to be affected by, or having an interest
                                                                              in the introduction of noise reduction measures, including
(d) to facilitate the achievement of specific noise abatement                 operating restrictions.
    objectives at the level of individual airports
                                                                                                       Article 3
(e) to enable the selection of available measures with the goal
    to achieve maximum environmental benefit in the most                                       Competent authority
    cost effective manner.
                                                                          Member States shall designate the independent competent auth-
                                                                          orities responsible for matters falling within the scope of this
                             Article 2                                    Directive.
                            Definitions
For the purpose of this Directive:                                                                     Article 4
                                                                                   General rules on aircraft noise management
(a) Airport shall mean a civil airport which has more than
    50 000 movements per year (a movement being a take-off                1.     Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities
    or landing), excluding those purely for training purposes on          adopt a balanced approach by considering the available
    light aircraft                                                        measures to address the noise problem at an airport in their
                                                                          territory, namely the foreseeable effect of a reduction of
                                                                          aeroplane noise at source, land-use planning and management,
                                                                          noise abatement operational procedures and other possible
(b) City airport shall mean an airport in the centre of a large         noise management measures, such as economic incentives
    conurbation, providing predominantly point-to-point intra-            and operating restrictions.
    European service, where a significant number of people are
    objectively affected by aircraft noise and where any incre-
    mental increase in aircraft movements represents a
    particularly high annoyance in light of the extreme noise             2.     When considering operating restrictions, the competent
    situation. An airport may qualify as a city airport only if           authorities shall take into account the likely costs and benefits
    there is an alternative airport also serving that city. These         of the various measures available as well as airport specific
    airports are listed in Annex 1.                                       characteristics.
(c) civil subsonic jet aeroplanes shall mean aeroplanes with a
    maximum certificated take-off mass of 34 000 kg or more,              3.     Measures or a combination of measures taken under this
    or with a certified maximum internal accommodation for                Directive shall not be more restrictive than necessary in order
    the aeroplane type in question consisting of more than 19             to achieve the environmental objective established for a specific
    passenger seats, excluding any seats for crew only                    airport. They shall be non-discriminatory on grounds of
                                                                          nationality or identity of air carrier.
(d) marginally compliant aeroplanes shall mean civil subsonic
    jet aeroplanes, that meet the Chapter 3 certification limits
    laid down in Volume 1, Part II, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to                                           Article 5
    the Convention on International Civil Aviation by a cumu-
                                                                                                Rules on assessment
    lative margin of not more than 5 EPNdB (Effective
    Perceived Noise in decibels), whereby the cumulative                  1.     Member States shall ensure that the decision which is
    margin is the figure expressed in EPNdB obtained by                   requested by the managing body of an airport or by a public
    adding the individual margins (i.e. the differences between           authority to the competent authority for operating restrictions
    the certificated noise level and the maximum permitted                is based on the information as specified in Annex 2, to be
    noise level) at each of the three reference noise                     provided in an appropriate form by the managing body of
    measurement points as defined in Volume 1, Part II,                   the airport.
    Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to the Convention on International
    Civil Aviation
                                                                          2.     Where airport projects are subject to an environmental
(e) Operating restrictions shall mean noise related action that         impact assessment in application of Directive 85/337/EEC as
    limits or reduces access of civil subsonic aeroplanes to an           amended by Directive 97/11/EC, the assessment carried out in
    airport. It includes operating restrictions aimed at the with-        conformity with the provisions of Council Directive
    drawal from operations of marginally compliant aeroplanes             85/337/EEC shall be considered as equivalent to and meeting
    at specific airports as well as operating restrictions of a           the requirements of the provisions laid down in paragraph 1
    partial nature, affecting the operation of civil subsonic             provided that the assessment includes the elements in Annex 2
    aeroplanes according to time period                                   to this Directive.
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                             Article 6                                   (b) technical changes to operating restrictions of a partial
                                                                             nature that do not have any significant cost implications
Rules on the introduction of operating restrictions aimed                    for the airline operators at any given Community airport
   at the withdrawal of marginally compliant aeroplanes                      and that have been introduced after the entry into force of
                                                                             this Directive.
1.     If the assessment of all available measures carried out in
conformity with the requirements of Article 5 demonstrates
that the achievement of the objectives of this Directive
requires, after consideration of operating restrictions of a                                           Article 8
partial nature,the introduction of operating restrictions aimed
at the withdrawal of marginally compliant aeroplanes, the                                       Developing nations
following rules shall apply instead of the procedure foreseen
in Article 9 of Regulation 2408/92/EC at the airport under               1.     Non-compliant aeroplanes registered in developing
consideration:                                                           nations and listed in Annex 3 shall be exempted from the
                                                                         provisions of Article 6 paragraphs 1 and 2 provided that
(a) 6 months after the completion of the assessment and
     decision by a competent authority to the introduction of            (a) such aeroplanes, granted noise certification to the standards
     an operating restriction, no new services shall be allowed              specified in Chapter 3, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the
     with marginally compliant aeroplanes at that airport.                   Convention on International Civil Aviation, were operated
                                                                             into the Community between 1 January 1996 and 31
(b) not less than one year thereafter each operator may be                   December 2001 (the reference period),
     required by the competent authority to remove marginally
     compliant aeroplanes from their fleet at an annual rate of          (b) these aeroplanes were, in the reference period, on the
     not more than 20 % of that operator’s fleet of marginally               register of the developing nation concerned and that they
     compliant aeroplanes serving that airport. The rate of                  continue to be operated by a natural or legal person estab-
     removal shall take into account the age of the aeroplanes               lished in that nation.
     and the composition of the total fleet.
2.     Subject to the rules on assessment of Article 5 city              2.     Any Member State granting an exemption shall forthwith
airports listed in Annex 1 may introduce measures that are               inform the competent authorities of the other Member States
more stringent, in terms of the definition of marginally                 and the Commission of the exemptions it has granted including
compliant aeroplanes provided that these measures do not                 such details as are specified in Annex 3.
affect civil subsonic jet aeroplanes that comply, through
either original certification or recertification, with the noise
standards in Volume I, Part II, Chapter 4 of Annex 16 to the                                           Article 9
Convention on International Civil Aviation.
                                                                                          Consultation and transparency
(3)     The Commission shall, at the request of a Member State
or on its own initiative, examine the application of paragraphs          Member States shall ensure that a consultation procedure
1 and 2, and, within three months of receipt of a request and            relating to the application of Articles 5 and 6 and involving
after consulting the Committee referred to in Article 12(1) in           all interested parties is established. Competent authorities
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 12(3),                should ensure openness and transparency as regards data and
decide whether the Member State concerned may pursue the                 computation methodology within the limits of commercial
introduction of the operating restriction. The Commission shall          confidentiality.
communicate its decision to the Council and the Member
States.
                                                                                                      Article 10
Any Member State may refer the Commission’s decision to the
Council within one month. The Council, acting by a qualified                                       Public notice
majority, may take a different decision within a period of one           1.     Member States shall ensure that, when competent auth-
month.                                                                   orities decide the introduction of any new operating restriction,
                                                                         public notice is given to all interested parties at least
This article shall not affect Article 8 of Regulation
2408/92/EEC.
                                                                         (a) 6 months before the entry into force of the measures in
                                                                             Article 6(1)(a).
                             Article 7
                                                                         (b) one year before the entry into force of the measures in
                 Existing operating restrictions                             Article 6(1)b and 6(2).
Article 5 shall not apply to:
                                                                         2.     Any Member State shall forthwith inform the other
(a) operating restrictions that were already in force on the date        Member States and the Commission of any new operating
     of entry into force of this Directive.                              restriction it intends to introduce at an airport in its territory.
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                              Article 11                                 It shall contain an assessment of the effectivness of this
                                                                         Directive, in particular the need to revise the definition of
                           Right of appeal                               marginally compliant aeroplanes as laid down in article 2(d).
Member States shall ensure that any interested party has the
right to appeal against the measures taken pursuant to Articles                                      Article 14
6 and 7, before a national court or an independent public
authority other than the one that has adopted the contested                                           Repeal
measure.
                                                                         Regulation (EC) No 925/1999 is repealed as from the date of
                                                                         entry into force of this Directive.
                              Article 12
                             Committee                                                               Article 15
1.     The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee                                         Implementation
instituted by Article 11 of Regulation 2408/92/EC.
                                                                         Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
2.     The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on
                                                                         administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
any matter concerning the application of this Directive.
                                                                         Directive by 1 January 2003 at the latest. They shall
3.     When reference is made to this paragraph, the advisory            forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
procedure laid down in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) and Article 8               When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
thereof.                                                                 a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
                                                                         reference on the occasion of their official publication.
4.     When reference is made to this paragraph, the regulatory          Member States shall determine how such reference is to be
procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC                 made.
shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) and Article 8
thereof.
                                                                                                     Article 16
                              Article 13                                                        Entry into force
                    Information and revision                             This Directive shall enter into force on the day following that
Member States shall upon request submit information on the               of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
application of this Directive to the Commission.                         Communities.
No later than 5 years after the entry into force of this Directive
the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to                                        Article 17
the Council on the application of this Directive.
                                                                                                   Addressees
The report shall be accompanied, where necessary, by
proposals for revision of the Directive.                                 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                  ANNEX 1
                                                         LIST OF CITY AIRPORTS
              Berlin-Tempelhof
              Stockholm Bromma
              London City
              Belfast City
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                                                                  ANNEX 2
                                            INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5(1)
          1.   Current inventory
          1.1. A description of the airport including information about its size, location, surroundings, air traffic volume and mix.
          1.2. A description of the environmental objectives for the airport and the national context.
          1.3. Details of noise contours for the current and previous years  including an assessment of the number of people
               affected by aircraft noise. Description of the computational method used to develop the contours.
          1.4. A description of measures to ameliorate aircraft noise already implemented: for example, information on land-use
               planning and management; noise insulation programmes; operating procedures such as PANS-OPS; operation
               restrictions such as noise limits, night limits/curfew, noise charges; preferential runway use, noise preferred
               routes/ track-keeping; and noise monitoring.
          2.   Forecast without new measures
          2.1. Descriptions of airport developments (if any) already approved and in the programme, for example, increased
               capacity, runway and/or terminal expansion, and the projected future traffic mix and estimated growth.
          2.2. In case of airport capacity extension the benefits of making that additional capacity available.
          2.3. A description of effect on noise climate without further measures, and of those measures already planned to
               ameliorate that noise impact over the same period.
          2.4. Forecast noise contours  including an assessment of the number of people likely to be affected by aircraft noise
                distinguish between established residential area and newly constructed residential areas.
          2.5. Evaluation of the consequences and possible costs of not taking action to reduce the impact of increased noise  if
               it is expected to occur.
          3.   Assessment of additional measures
          3.1. Outline of the additional measures available and an indication of the main reasons for their selection. Description of
               those measures chosen for further analysis and information on the cost of introducing these measures; the number
               of people expected to benefit and timeframe; and a ranking of the overall effectiveness of particular measures.
          3.2. Assessment of the cost/effectiveness or cost/benefit of the introduction of specific measures, taking account of the
               socio-economic effects of the measures on the users of the airport: operators (passenger and freight); travellers and
               local communities.
          3.3. An overview of the possible environmental and competitive effects of the proposed measures on other airports,
               operators and other interested parties.
          3.4. Reasons for selection of the preferred option.
          3.5. A non-technical summary.
          4.   Relation with the (proposed) Directive relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental
               Noise [COM(2000) 468]
          4.1. When and where noise maps or action plans have been prepared under the terms of the Environmental Noise
               Directive these will be used for providing the information required in this Annex.
          4.2. The assessment of noise exposure (i.e. noise contours and number of people affected) shall be carried out using at
               least the common noise indicators Lden and Lnight as specified in the Environmental Noise Directive, where available.
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                                                                    ANNEX 3
            LIST OF MARGINALLY COMPLIANT AEROPLANES FROM DEVELOPING NATIONS (BY GEOGRAPHICAL
                                                                    REGION)
           Note: Exemptions for aeroplanes in this Annex are granted within the general framework of the United Nations policies
           and decisions (e.g. sanctions, embargo, etc.)
                                                                         Cumulative margin
                            Type                       Registration                                      Operator
                                                                             (in EPNdB)
                                                              ACAC and AFCAC
           EGYPT
           B707-300F Cargo                         SU-AVZ                2,5                 Air Memphis
           B747-300                                SU-GAL                3,4                 Egyptair
           B747-300                                SU-GAM                3,4                 Egyptair
           MORROCO
           B747-200                                CN-RME                0,6                 Royal Air Moroc
           ANGOLA
           B747-300                                D2-TEA                3,4                 TAAG
           B747-300                                D2-TEB                3,4                 TAAG
           IL62M                                   D2-TIF                0,1                 TAAG
           GABON
           B747-200                                F-ODJG                3,4                 Air Gabon
           GHANA
           DC8-62F Cargo                           9G-BAN                1,1                 Continental
           B747-200F Cargo                         9G-MKI                2,3                 MK Airlines
           B747-200F Cargo                         9G-MKJ                2,6                 MK Airlines
           B747-200F Cargo                         9G-MKL                ?                   MK Airlines
           DC8-62F Cargo                           9G-MKG                1,4                 MK Airlines
           DC8-62F Cargo                           9G-MKH                1,4                 MK Airlines
           DC8-62F Cargo                           9G-MKK                1,2                 MK Airlines
           SOUTH AFRICA
           B747SP                                  ZS-SPA                4,9                 SAA
           B747SP                                  ZS-SPC                4,9                 SAA
           B747SP                                  ZS-SPE                4,9                 SAA
           B747-300                                ZS-SAC                3,4                 SAA
           B747-300                                ZS-SAJ                3,4                 SAA
           B747-300                                ZS-SAT                3,4                 SAA
           B747-300                                ZS-SAU                3,4                 SAA
           B747-300                                ZS-SKA                3,4                 SAA
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                                                                  Cumulative margin
                        Type                    Registration                                    Operator
                                                                      (in EPNdB)
          B747-300                          ZS-SKB                3,4               SAA
          B767-200                          ZS-SRB                4,2               SAA
          B767-200                          ZS-SRC                4,2               SAA
                                                             LACAC
          CUBA
          IL62M                             CU-T-1217             0,1               Cubana
          IL62M                             CU-T-1225             0,1               Cubana
          IL62M                             CU-T-1280             0,1               Cubana
          IL62M                             CU-T-1282             0,1               Cubana
          IL62M                             CU-T-1283             0,1               Cubana
          IL62M                             CU-T-1284             0,1               Cubana
          ARGENTINA
          B747-200                          LV-MLO                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-MLP                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-MLR                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-OEP                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-OEZ                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-OPA                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
          B747-200                          LV-YPC                2,4               Aerolineas Argentinas
               Eastern Europe (except members of ECAC or of the proposed European Common Aviation Area)
          BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
          Yak42                             T9-ABD                5,0               Air Bosnia
          Yak42                             T9-ABF                5,0               Air Bosnia
          GEORGIA
          IL62M                             UK 86577              0,1               Airzena Georgian AL
          KAZAKSTAN
          TU154M                            UN 85719              1,6               Aero Eko
          TU154M                            UN 85780              1,6               Aero Eko
          TU154M                            UN 85781              1,6               Aero Eko
          Yak42                             UN 42338              5,0               Irtysh Avia
          Yak42                             UN 42342              5,0               Irtysh Avia
          Yak42                             UN 42407              5,0               Irtysh Avia
          Yak42                             UN 42447              5,0               Irtysh Avia
          Yak42                             UN 42448              5,0               Irtysh Avia
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                                                                 Cumulative margin
                          Type                Registration                                    Operator
                                                                    (in EPNdB)
           KYRGHYSTAN
           TU154M                         EX 85718              1,6                Kyrghystan AL
           TU154M                         EX 85762              1,6                Kyrghystan AL
           IL62M                          EX 62100              0,1                Quadrotour Aero
           FYROM
           DC9-32                         Z3-AAB                0,2                MAT Macedonian AL
           DC9-32                         Z3-ARE                0,2                MAT Macedonian AL
           TAJIKISTAN
           TU154M                         E 85651               1,6                Tajik Air
           TU154M                         E 85691               1,6                Tajik Air
           TURMENISTAN
           Yak42                          EZ-J672               5,0                Turkmenistan AL
           Yak42                          EZ-J673               5,0                Turkmenistan AL
           Yak42                          EZ-J674               5,0                Turkmenistan AL
           UZBEKISTAN
           IL62M                          UK 86573              0,1                Uzbekistan AL
           IL62M                          UK 86578              0,1                Uzbekistan AL
           IL62M                          UK 86579              0,1                Uzbekistan AL
           IL62M                          UK 86932              0,1                Uzbekistan AL
           IL62M                          UK 86933              0,1                Uzbekistan AL
           FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA
           DC10-30                        YU-AMB                1,1                JAT
           DC9-32                         YU-AJI                0,2                JAT
           DC9-32                         YU-AJL                0,2                JAT
                                                     Rest of the World
           CHINA
           B747-200 cargo                 B 2446                3,4                Air China
           B747-200 cargo                 B 2448                3,4                Air China
           B747-200 cargo                 B 2450                3,4                Air China
           B747-200 cargo                 B 2462                3,4                Air China
           IRAN
           B747-200                       EP-IAG                0,6                Iran Air
           B747-200                       EP-IAH                0,6                Iran Air
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                                                         Cumulative margin
                         Type          Registration                                    Operator
                                                             (in EPNdB)
          INDIA
          B747-200                 VT-EDU                0,8               Air India
          B747-200                 VT-EFU                0,8               Air India
          B747-200                 VT-EGA                0,8               Air India
          B747-200                 VT-EGB                0,8               Air India
          B747-200                 VT-EGC                0,8               Air India
          KUWAIT
          B747-200                 9K-ADB                0,7               Kuwait Airways
          MALAYSIA
          B747-300 Frachter        9M-MHK                4,4               Malaysia AL
          PAKISTAN
          B747-200                 AP-AYV                ?                 PIA
          B747-200                 AP-AYW                ?                 PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BAK                2,3               PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BAT                2,3               PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BCL                ?                 PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BCM                ?                 PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BCN                ?                 PIA
          B747-200                 AP-BCO                ?                 PIA
          B747-300                 AP-BFU                ?                 PIA
          B747-300                 AP-BFV                ?                 PIA
          B747-300                 AP-BFW                ?                 PIA
          B747-300                 AP-BFY                ?                 PIA