1.6. The estimated total number of people (in hundreds) living in dwellings that are exposed to each of the following bands of values of Lnight in dB 4 m above the ground on the most exposed façade: 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, > 70, separately for road, rail and air traffic and for industrial sources.

1.5. The estimated number of people (in hundreds) living in dwellings that are exposed to each of the following bands of values of Lden in dB 4 m above the ground on the most exposed façade: 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, > 75, separately for noise from road, rail and air traffic, and from industrial sources.

- the relation between annoyance and Lden for road, rail and air traffic noise, and for industrial noise,

IV?RAILWAYS PAGEREF _Toc469734303 \h IV?Council Conclusions - see page 9 PAGEREF _Toc469734304 \h IV?WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE PAGEREF _Toc469734305 \h VIIIAIR TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734306 \h VIII?AVIATION NOISE PROBLEMS - SHORT AND LONG TERM PERSPECTIVES : PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc469734307 \h VIII?ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY (EASA) PAGEREF _Toc469734308 \h VIII?AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - DELAYS IN AIR TRAFFIC PAGEREF _Toc469734309 \h IX?AGREEMENTS WITH CEECs PAGEREF _Toc469734310 \h IXHORIZONTAL ISSUES PAGEREF _Toc469734311 \h IX?GALILEO PAGEREF _Toc469734312 \h IX?COMMUNICATION ON INTERMODALITY AND ...[+++]INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORT - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734313 \h XMARITIME TRANSPORT PAGEREF _Toc469734314 \h XII?SHORT SEA SHIPPING - RESOLUTION PAGEREF _Toc469734315 \h XIIOTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc469734316 \h XIV?MANNING CONDITIONS IN REGULAR PASSENGER AND FERRY SERVICES PAGEREF _Toc469734317 \h XIV?INDICATORS ON TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT (TERM) PAGEREF _Toc469734318 \h XIV?EUROCONTROL PAGEREF _Toc469734319 \h XV?EU-US DIALOGUE IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION PAGEREF _Toc469734320 \h XV?COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON AIR TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT PAGEREF _Toc469734321 \h XV?TRANSIT AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA PAGEREF _Toc469734322 \h XV?NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE PAGEREF _Toc469734323 \h XVITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATETRANSPORT--Agreement with Cyprus PAGEREF _Toc469734326 \h XV--ICAO Convention PAGEREF _Toc469734327 \h XVENVIRONMENT--Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms PAGEREF _Toc469734329 \h XVIEXTERNAL RELATIONS--EU Programme for Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Conventional Arms - 2nd Annual Report PAGEREF _Toc469734331 \h XVI--Africa : Review of Common Position on Human Rights, Democratic Principles, the Rule of Law and Good Governance - Presidency report PAGEREF _Toc469734332 \h XX--Textiles - agreement with Egypt PAGEREF _Toc469734333 \h XXV--Macao - Council Conclusions on the Commission Communication: Be ...

- CONGESTION AND CRISIS IN AIR TRAFFIC IN EUROPE - COUNCIL RESOLUTION "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Considering that air traffic management is of vital importance for the development of European air transport; Considering that air transport has a key role to play in economic development and strengthening social cohesion, providing swift and efficient links between regions and in particular in making peripheral and island regions accessible; Considering that air traffic congestion imposes serious losses and inconvenience both for airlines and creates economic obstacles for air traffic within the European Union, while causing incon ...[+++]venience for users in general; Considering that such congestion is aggravated seasonally and for given traffic flows and that saturation of the air space and reduction of available capacity are two of the primary causes of this congestion; Considering that an unexpected or unplanned loss of civil air traffic control capacity over an extended period can lead to a crisis; Considering that better utilization of available capacity could reduce congestion and prove useful in cutting costs; Considering that the Council, in its Resolution 89/C189/02 of 18 July 1989 and in its conclusions of 29 March 1990 and 7 December 1992, addressed air traffic system capacity problems, calling for an effort to make progress towards their possible solution; Considering that Directive 93/65 of 19 July 1993 dealt with the definition and utilization of compatible technical specifications for the procurement of air-traffic-management equipment and systems; Considering the communication from the Commission on congestion and crisis in air traffic presented to the Council on 4 September 1995; Considering the vital role in air traffic management and organization played by such international organizations as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the European Civil Aviation Commission (ECAC) and the European Organization for the Safety of Air ...

The European Commission has therefore proposed a series of measures which will allow the European network to cope with increasing pressure: - creation of a centralized air flow management system to coordinate the existing independent units - technical harmonisation to improve communication, technical compatibility and training - efforts by member states to allow some of the airspace reserved for military purposes to be made available for civilian use - Community coordination of airport infrastructure planning with possibility of Community financial support and a better dialogue between airports and their users - research into the development of a fully integrated and automated system for air traffic ...[+++] management throughout European air space Improving the traffic flow A centralised air traffic management system for European airspace is essential, in the view of the Commission, since the present network of national air traffic control centres is ill-suited to managing the growing volume of traffic.