Brussels throws out aviation special case proposals
EU rejects call for airlines to avoid EUETS because of fears of global trade war.
Germany and UK say that airlines should comply with EU scheme until global agreement can be worked out.
A spokesman for Connie Hedegaard, European environment commissioner, told the UK Financial Times the bloc would stand firm. "The EU legislation [implementing the EU carbon scheme] will not be suspended for aviation," he said. "We will only review our legislation in the light of an ambitious global agreement coming into force that deals with aviation emissions."
In letters sent to European political leaders that were released on Sunday, the heads of Airbus and six leading European airlines said the companies faced retaliatory action by countries that object to their carriers having to comply with the EU carbon scheme. See: Vision on Sustainable Tourism
The airlines in question say the most obvious step to take while efforts continued to reach a global agreement on tackling the industry’s emissions at the International Civil Aviation Organisation, a UN agency.
But Germany said it saw no reason to change EU rules and called on governments outside the bloc to assist with hammering out an ICAO deal.
"We have agreed with the European Commission and with our EU partners that we will not in any way compromise our goal of implementing emissions trading for the airline industry," said a German government spokesman.
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