Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8 Developing nations 1. The competent authorities may exempt marginally compliant aircraft registered in developing nations from noise operating restrictions provided that such aircraft: (e) are granted a noise certification to the standards specified in Chapter 3, Volume 1 of Annex 16 to the Chicago Convention. (f) were operated in the Union during the five-year period preceding the entry into force of this Regulation, were on the register of the developing nation concerned and continue to be operated by a natural or legal person established in that nation. 2. Where a Member State grants an exemption provided for in paragraph 1, it shall forthwith inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the exemptions it has granted.deleted