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INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT NOISE CERTIFICATION Troy A. Rolf, Esq. Page 1 #238274v1 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (a) ICAO (b) Airworthiness Standards - General (c) Airworthiness Standards - Noise III. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION AND ANNEX 16 (a) The Lateral Noise Measurement Point (b) The Flyover Noise Measurement Point (c) The Approach Noise Measurement Point IV. LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT NOISE REGULATION (a) Articles 33 and 15 of the Chicago Convention: The Non-discrimination Principle and International and Recognition of Airworthiness Certificates (b) The Threat to Future Advances in Aircraft and Aircraft Engine Design (c) The United States Phase Out of Chapter 2 Aircraft and The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 V. CONCLUSION Page 2 #238274v1 I. INTRODUCTION. On November 16, 1998, the Council of the European Union1 adopted a 2 common position proposing adoption of a Council regulation that would ban certain aircraft from being registered in any EU member nation on or after April 1, 1999,3 and from being operated within the EU on or after April 1, 2002.4 The regulation has ignited an international dispute that threatens future technological advances in aircraft and aircraft engine design, as well as US-EU trade relations. If implemented, the regulation would ban EU member nations from registering many older aircraft that have been