CIVAIR HUSHKITS: ITALY ON OUR SIDE.

UNCLAS ROME 003010 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAIR ECON IT FAA AVIATION SUBJECT: CIVAIR HUSHKITS: ITALY ON OUR SIDE. REF: STATE 109897 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03010 191526Z ¶1. POST INFORMED VARIOUS CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS OF THE USG'S DECISION TO LIFT THE ARTICLE 84 CASE AGAINST ALL EU MEMBER STATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BELGIUM (REFTEL). ALDO SANSONE, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT, ALFREDO ROMA, PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (ENAC), AND ALESSIO QUARANTA, CHIEF OF ENAC'S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE, ALL CONFIRMED THAT NO ACTION SIMILAR TO THE BELGIUM DECREE IS BEING CONTEMPLATED IN ITALY. THEY EXPRESSED SURPRISE AT THE BELGIUM DECREE AND REITERATED ITALY'S COMMITMENT TO THE RECENTLY PASSED EU DIRECTIVE ON OPERATING RESTRICTIONS WHICH ENDORSES A BALANCED APPROACH TO AIRPORT NOISE MANAGEMENT. SEMBLER UNCLASSIFIED > 2002ROME03010 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED