Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-29-Speech-3-083"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Aeroplane “hushkits”2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.6.3-083"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-0842
lpv:speaker	lp:Josu Ortuondo Larrea2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Nacionalista Vasco (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, as you know, I live in Bilbao, a city in the Basque country which, like other European cities, is very densely populated. Our airport is very close to housing and, like 20% of Europe’s citizens, we suffer levels of noise from aircraft which health experts consider to be unacceptable. On 29 April 1999, the European Union adopted a Council regulation with a view to controlling and reducing the noise produced by subsonic aircraft engines, limiting in due course the use of silencers, which do not resolve the problem completely, and helping airlines to update their fleets with new generation aircraft which create less pollution. This has pleased the powerful American firms, as aircraft manufacturers, but at the same time harms them because they are also owner-investors in thousands of leased aircraft in all the countries of the world. Since these aircraft are antiquated, it would be difficult for them to operate in Europe. Neither has the European Regulation been popular with the American manufacturers of aircraft engine silencers known as ‘hushkits’ and, therefore, the United States has announced commercial, financial etc. measures against the European Union unless we delay the entry into force of our regulation. I understand that we must not be inflexible. We must offer an opportunity for dialogue and understanding, but in order for this to happen, the United States must agree to adopt certain approaches. At the next assembly of the ICAO, the United States must commit itself to the adoption of a new and more restrictive standard for aircraft noise, as well as to withdrawing its complaints and coercive measures. Only under these circumstances could we accept a delay in our regulation for third countries."@en1

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