Washington/New Delhi: India voiced firm opposition on Tuesday to EU plans to impose a scaled-back carbon charge on flights over European airspace while a senior US lawmaker said the EU proposal runs afoul of a law intended to shield US airlines from such charges.
The European Commission, the EU executive, last week proposed to make all airlines pay for emissions over European airspace in a retreat from a suspended EU law that covered the duration of flights using EU airports.
India said the EU proposal defies a global aviation agreement hammered out in Montreal earlier this month at an assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body in charge of civil air travel.
"What they (the European Commission) have now done is in total conflict with what the ICAO has decided. The multilateral body has to intervene in this matter," K.N. Shrivastava, India's aviation secretary, told Reuters.
Along with China, India has defied the European Union move, even refusing to submit emissions data before the EU suspended it for a year amid threats of a trade war.
23/10/13 Reuters/Business Standard
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The European Commission, the EU executive, last week proposed to make all airlines pay for emissions over European airspace in a retreat from a suspended EU law that covered the duration of flights using EU airports.
India said the EU proposal defies a global aviation agreement hammered out in Montreal earlier this month at an assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN body in charge of civil air travel.
"What they (the European Commission) have now done is in total conflict with what the ICAO has decided. The multilateral body has to intervene in this matter," K.N. Shrivastava, India's aviation secretary, told Reuters.
Along with China, India has defied the European Union move, even refusing to submit emissions data before the EU suspended it for a year amid threats of a trade war.
23/10/13 Reuters/Business Standard
