EUROPEAN AIRPORTS BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE UNKNOWN IMPACT OF EMISSIONS TRADING
April 1st, 2009
BY ALAN OSBORN
AFTER many years of often ill-tempered negotiation and much heated lobbying in the European Parliament, the inclusion of the aviation industry in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is now a done thing. The enabling directive 2008/101/EC was agreed last year and published in the EU's Official Journal on January 13 of this year. It now awaits action in each of the 27 EU member countries to become incorporated into their national laws. There will be some tweaking of the lists of the operators affected (see ...
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