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

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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.

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