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Friday, February 29, 2008

Netherlands Passes on Conflict with NATO to EU

The Netherlands is passing on a conflict with NATO to the EU. The Hague is asking the European Commission to apply the same strict noise norms to AWACS aircraft as for civil aircraft.

In December the Lower House, under evident pressure from the environmental lobby, adopted a motion in which closure of Dutch airspace to AWACS planes was threatened.

This would happen if NATO did not decide by March to order quieter engines for these planes, which cause noise nuisance in parts of Limburg, near the German base from which they take off.

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