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Parliament’s lead committee supports Commission proposal / Difficult negotiations with Council expected

An earmarking of the revenues should pave the way for more international acceptance of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This is the main result of a vote in the Parliament’s lead environment committee on the controversial issue of including aviation in the EU ETS. Already in 2008, Parliament and Council decided to include aviation in the ETS. But to give a positive signal to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) assembly in Montreal September/October last year the EU institutions limited the scope to intra-European flights for one year (Stop the Clock).

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Strasbourg - The European Parliament has drawn the consequences from scandals in the field of medical devices. These devices include a multitude of devices such as wooden spatulas, blood glucose and HIV tests or pacemakers. Over the course of the last years, there had been big difficulties for certain devices.

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Airspace approach fair compromise / Equal treatment for all industries demanded

The rapporteur of the European Parliament for the inclusion of aviation in the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) Peter Liese (EPP) supports the European Commission in this highly controversial issue.

The Commission came forward with its proposal in reaction to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) General Assembly in October, which agreed to establish a global market-based system (MBM) for the reduction of international aviation emissions until 2020. The details of this MBM should be developed until the next ICAO Assembly in 2016. It is not sure if ICAO will finally suceed and what the system will look like.

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European Parliament ready to compromise / Simply continuing the Stop the Clock cannot be the solution

On Wednesday, the European Commission presented its proposal for a change in the Directive for the inclusion of aviation in the European Emission Trading Scheme. The reason for this change is that, two weeks ago, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to establish a global market-based system for the reduction of international aviation emissions until 2020.

  1. Peter Liese on results from ICAO General Assembly: Very modest result /ICAO is not committed enough / Careful consideration of consequences
  2. Peter Liese on results from ICAO General Assembly: Very modest result
  3. Aviation and EU ETS - Now it is the turn of the third countries
  4. Aviation and EU ETS - Positive Developments under ICAO