Translation of "Système de défense aérienne du champ de bataille " (French → English) :

1.8 The EESC notes that the SES II package has extended the scope of the European Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) system to ATM safety regulation at EU level, thereby ensuring an integrated approach for ATM safety regulation and oversight in the EU in a gate to gate concept.

Notes that the majority of general and business aviation falls outside the scope of the Commission Directive to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading;

I am not talking about the Osirak nuclear reactors supplied 30 years ago, which provided the basis for Saddam's original nuclear weapons programme I am merely making the observation that there are no American F-16s or British Tornadoes in the Iraqi air force, but there is a solid inventory of MiGs, Sukhois and Mirage F1s, as well as the Roland Air Defence System, Pannard armoured personnel carriers, Milan Anti-Tank Guided Weapons Systems and Exocet missiles.

We also need to invest more in developing our capabilities such as airlift capacity, special forces and battlefield communication equipment.

Possible main features of a Community regime are outlined, including: no retroactivity (application to future damage only); coverage of both environmental damage (site contamination and damage to biodiversity) and traditional damage (harm to health and property); a closed scope of application linked with EC environmental legislation: contaminated sites and traditional damage to be covered only if caused by an EC regulated hazardous or potentially hazardous activity; damage to biodiversity only if protected under the Natura 2000 network; strict liability for damage caused by inherently dangerous activities, fault-based liability for damage to biodiversity caused by a non-dangerous activity; [1] commonly accepted ...[+++]defences, some alleviation of the plaintiffs' burden of proof and some equitable relief for defendants; liability focused on the operator in control of the activity which caused the damage; criteria for assessing and dealing with the different types of damage; an obligation to spend compensation paid by the polluter on environmental restoration; an approach to enhanced access to justice in environmental damage cases; co-ordination with international conventions; financial security for potential liabilities, working with the markets.

– Support for competitiveness – including developing 'hybrid standards' to benefit security and defence markets and examining the ways to develop a European certification system for military airworthiness.