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Strategic Environmental Objectives |
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Environment is enshrined as a key objective for the EUROCONTROL Organisation in Article 1 of the EUROCONTROL Revised Convention :
“In order to achieve harmonisation and integration with the aim of establishing a uniform European ATM system, the Contracting Parties agree to strengthen their co-operation and to develop their joint activities in the field of air navigation, making due allowance for defence needs and providing maximum freedom for all airspace users consistent with the required level of safety in the provision of cost-effective air traffic services, and taking into account the need to minimise, where this is feasible, inter alia, in operational, technical and economic terms, any adverse environmental impact.”
This has been set out in greater detail in a General Strategic Objective with regard to environmental issues:
“to work with ICAO and its Member States to obtain improvements in ATM, in particular the accelerated implementation of CNS/ATM concepts, procedures and systems which help to mitigate the impact of aviation on the environment.”
Accordingly, the following specific environmental targets for ATM are set for the EUROCONTROL Organisation:
- to permit daily aircraft operations in such a way that all ATM-related environmental impact is minimised;
- to be compliant with the appropriate international standards, statutory and regulatory requirements in respect of environmental demands;
- to support actions which will contribute to reduce or limit noise and aircraft emissions.
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The EUROCONTROL Organisation has also set itself the general medium-term objective to reduce aircraft noise and emissions levels by 2008.
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