Court of Justice 25 January 2007, C-422/05 (Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Belgium.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The chickens of North Carolina must take the credit for having prompted – back in 1946, before the United States Supreme Court (2) – the first legal evaluation of the consequences of aircraft noise and the need to reconcile the general interest linked to the use of air space with the rights of those who in any way suffer the