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To achieve enhanced sustainbility for air vehicles

Challenge/Domain
Challenge: 
Protecting the environment and the energy supply
Domain category: 
Technology
Enabler
Enabler: 
To achieve enhanced sustainbility for air vehicles
Cluster of enablers: 
An extraordinary technological effort to define the air vehicles of the future that minimise environmental impact and energy consumption
Capability
Capability: 
To achieve Compliance with REACH and its follow-up policies
Sub capability: 
Ban of dangerous materials
R&I needs: 
Ban of dangerous materials
Achievements
2020: 
* ensure REACH compliance * respect overall environmental impact caused by new regulations (eg ban of Halon causing extra weight to aircraft), regulation to be founded on sound scientific principles and understanding * consider exemption for aviation in case of overall environmental drawback * avoid innovation quenching through too tight precautionary regulation

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