Directorate General for Civil Aviation (France)

Directorate General for Civil Aviation
Direction générale de l'Aviation civile
AbbreviationDGAC
Formation1946
PurposeAviation regulator
Location
  • 50 rue Henry Farman, Paris
Region served
France
Director general
Damien Cazé
Parent organization
Ministère de la Transition écologique
Websitewww.ecologie.gouv.fr/direction-generale-laviation-civile-dgac

The Directorate General for Civil Aviation (French: Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC)[1] is the French civil aviation authority. Its headquarters are in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, 50 Henry-Farman.[2][3] It is subordinate to the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.

The DGAC levies a civil aviation tax on several flights operating from France.[4]

  1. ^ "Directorate General for Energy and Climate." (Archive) Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea. 15 (15/16). Retrieved on 6 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Implantation de nos services à Paris." Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. Retrieved on 4 July 2009.
  3. ^ "La DGAC accepte de surveiller le bruit des avions." Le Parisien. 4 April 2002. Retrieved on 29 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Guide of civil aviation tax." Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. Retrieved on 4 July 2009.