{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-629/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1989/629",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 4 December 1989 on the limitation of noise emission from civil subsonic jet aeroplanes (89/629/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-629",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States may grant exemptions from Article 2 for:\n(a) aeroplanes of historic interest;\n(b) aeroplanes used by an operator of a Member State before 1 November 1989 under hire purchase or leasing contracts still in effect, and which in this context have been registered in a non-Member State;\n(c) aeroplanes leased to an operator of a non-Member State which for that reason have been temporarily removed from a Member State's register;\n(d) an aeroplane which replaces one which has been accidentally destroyed and which the operator is unable to replace by a comparable aeroplane available on the market with noise certification as laid down in Article 2 (1), provided that the registration of the replacement aeroplane is carried out within the year following the destruction in question;\n(e) aeroplanes powered by engines with a by-pass ratio of 2 or more.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/629/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:28.712179+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}