The governing council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), meeting on November 2 in Montreal, adopted a declaration opposing the European Union’s “unilateral” action to include non-EU aircraft operators in its emissions trading scheme (ETS) as of January.
By endorsing the declaration, expressed in a “working paper” advanced by 26 countries, ICAO aligned with the international airline industry and a collection of countries including Brazil, China, the U.S., India, Japan and the Russian Federation, in fighting the EU requirement.
The ICAO declaration includes language from an earlier, joint declaration by 21 countries adopted September 30 in New Delhi. That document opposes imposition of the ETS on non-EU carriers as being “inconsistent with applicable international law,” pledges to continue opposing the European policy and invites other countries to associate with the declaration.
The ICAO Council is a permanent body, composed of 36 states elected every three years by the organization’s Assembly of 190 “contracting” states. According to the online publication GreenAir, eight EU member states belonging to the council opposed the declaration, while Australia and Canada abstained.
07/11/11 Bill Carey/AIN Online
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