Article 1 U.K. Objectives

The objectives of this Directive are

(a)

to lay down rules for the Community to facilitate the introduction of operating restrictions in a consistent manner at airport level so as to limit or reduce the number of people significantly affected by the harmful effects of noise;

(b)

to provide a framework which safeguards internal market requirements;

(c)

to promote development of airport capacity in harmony with the environment;

(d)

to facilitate the achievement of specific noise abatement objectives at the level of individual airports;

(e)

to enable measures to be chosen from those available with the aim of achieving maximum environmental benefit in the most cost-effective manner.