Out of the 12 amendments proposed by the European Parliament, the Commission can accept 5. The remaining amendments cannot be accepted.
As regards the 5 amendments adopted by the European Parliament and accepted by the Commission, these concern :
- changes to the title of the Proposal. By deleting the reference to "noise classification" the title of the Proposal reflects more accurately the proposed methodology which is based on a continuous formula and not on a discrete classification of aeroplanes;
- the possibility to use different unit noise charges for different times of the day;
- postponing the proposed date of 1 April 2003 by one year to 1 April 2004;
- confirming that the proposal is fully compatible with relevant ICAO guidelines;
- limiting the number of time periods to three compensates for the possible effect of doubling the ratio to 1-40. The amendment establishes also compatibility with the environmental noise Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise, which also uses three time periods (day, evening and night).�