The expert committee on active noise abatement seeks and examines measures for active noise abatement in the course of mediation, i.e. measures which are suitable to reduce flight noise.This also includes measures which can already be implemented before the new runway at Frankfurt Airport goes into operation.  The proposals for active noise abatement which are set down in the Joint Declaration by the government of Hesse and the aviation sector dated 12.12.2007, the results of the anti-noise pact and the working program of the flight noise committee provide important foundations for the activities of the expert committee on active noise abatement. However, the activities of the expert committee on active noise abatement can not and should not replace the legally prescribed procedures by approval authorities, flight safety bodies and the flight noise committee.