WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.75
23 February 1999
(99-0720)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  EC TBT Enquiry Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Used aircraft
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Common Position (EC)
No. 66/98 Adopted by the Council on 16 Nove mber 1998 with a View to Adopting Council
Regulation (EC) No. …/98 of … on the Registration and Operation within the Community
of Certain Types of Civil Subsonic Jet Aeroplanes which have been Modified and
Recertificated as Meeting the Standards of Volume I, Part II, Chapter 3 of Annex 16 to the
Convention on International Civil Aviation, Third Edition (July 1993), pages; Notified inthe English language.  The text is available in all official languages of the European
Communities.
6. Description of content:  The proposal lays down rules on the registration and operation in
the Community of aircraft fitted with low by-pass ratio engines initially certificated to
Chapter 2 standard or initially not noise certificated which have been modified to meet
Chapter 3 standards either directly through technical measures or indirectly through
operation restrictions.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Environmental protection, especially noise, energy efficiency and pollution
8. Relevant documents:  Official Journal of the European Communities C 404 of
23 December 1998, pages 1 to 7
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 March 1999 at the latest
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the 20th day following its publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities
10. Final date for comments:  20 April 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  EC TBT Enquiry Point DG III.B.4