European Parliament and Provisional data 15 April 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-1028/02 by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Council. Tragic death of 14 girls in Saudi Arabia.

Although the text recognises the need to abandon high-noise-level aircraft equipped with imperfectly functioning noise-reduction devices (the famous US-backed hushkits), it has been substantially watered down in this way so European ministers can renegotiate the agreements with their American counterparts.