2. French network

2.1 Air transport and airport development guidelines

In the light of regulatory developments at EU and international level, France's action will be guided by the following principles:

• continue to strengthen preventive security measures at airports ;

• encourage noise reduction by tightening noise standards for new aircraft at international level, through research and development, and through appropriate operating measures at aerodromes;

• intensify, within the European framework, the ongoing policy of improving air traffic control, in particular through the use of new technologies that are opening up new growth margins;

• ensure a supply of...