# Council Directive of 4 December 1989 on the limitation of noise emission from civil subsonic jet aeroplanes (89/629/EEC), Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States may grant exemptions from Article 2 for:
(a) aeroplanes of historic interest;
(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;
(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;
(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;
(e) aeroplanes powered by engines with a by-pass ratio of 2 or more.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1989/629/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1989-629/article-4
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