Press Release: Actions agains noise nuisance in the airports: the EU deeply regrets the US decision to file Article 84 Action with ICAO

On March 14, 2000 the U.S. Government formally lodged an Article 84 complaint under the Chicago Convention with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) against a the European Union (EU) Regulation aimed at addressing the environmental threat posed by older production aircraft originally certified, in terms of noise, as Chapter 2 compliant, such as older B-727, B-737 and DC-9. The US Administration had decided unilaterally, before an agreement was reached in ICAO, to phase out noisy aircraft (Chapter 2) according to its own timetable.

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