General Civil Aviation Direction

General Civil Aviation Direction

Designation (English):	Directorate General for Civil Aviation
Designation (German):	Civil Aviation Authority DGAC
Website:	www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Legal form:	Subdivision of a ministry
Superordinate authority:	Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement
Founding year:	1946, reorganization 1976
Address:	General Direction of Aviation Civil 50 rue Henry Farman 75720 Paris cedex 15

The Direction générale de l'aviation civile ( DGAC ; German civil aviation authority DGAC ) is the French supervisory authority for civil aviation with headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux , a suburb of Paris . It reports to the Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development (MEDDE). It is comparable to the Federal Aviation Office in Germany and is particularly responsible for various functions relating to civil aviation , such as:

the air traffic control
Support of research and development in the field of aircraft construction
the classification of aircraft
Prevention; The DGAC not only ensures the safety of people, but is also responsible for reducing environmental damage caused by air traffic
Representatives of the DGAC sit on the steering committee of the Groupe d'études et d'informations sur les phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés (GEIPAN, in German study group for information on unidentified aerospace phenomena)

The DGAC was founded in 1946.

Individual evidence

^ Implantation de nos services à Paris . Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. Link set on January 10, 2010.
↑ Le Parisien : La DGAC accepte de surveiller le bruit des avions . April 4, 2002, link set January 10, 2010.