EU ETS: Wjy Does Europe Discriminate Against its Own Airlines?
Brussels, 6 March 2014
The International Air Carrier Association (IACA), representing 28 airlines, regrets the outcome of the trilogue discussions between the European Parliament, Council and Commission in the co-decision process to amend the geographical scope of the EU ETS.
The European institutions are about to adopt a scheme which discriminates between airlines, in the sense that only emissions from intra-EU flights will be captured in the EU ETS scope for the years 2013 until 2016 (included).
Sylviane Lust, IACA’s Director General concluded:
“The effects of CO2 are worldwide. Whilst the rest of world is working towards an ICAO solution, Europe has chosen to hurt its own interests in order not to lose face.”