Carbon tax: India may put curbs on EU carriers

New Delhi: India has threatened to review the benefits it provides to European airlines as it mounted its opposition to the EU move to impose carbon tax on Indian carriers operating through Europe, a source said.
Under a Horizontal Aviation Agreement between India and the 27-nation bloc EU, New Delhi allows any European airline to operate flights between India and any European Union member state.
The tax, which airlines flying into or out of EU airports have to pay to cover carbon dioxide emission during their flights over the European skies, has come into effect from 1 January. The move was strongly criticised by several countries including the US, China, Brazil, Russia, Japan and India.
“Efforts are going on to resolve the issue… but if they do not exempt India from this, we may review our horizontal agreements with them and put some restrictions,” the source said, while speaking on the proposed retaliatory measure.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has also strongly opposed the EU plan at the last G20 meeting.
15/01/12 First Post.com

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2012, Indian Aviation- In General Jan 2012