Indeed, the German government has said it intends to remove its passenger tax when aviation enters the EU ETS from January 2012.
Once we are part of the EU ETS, governments should look to remove existing tax schemes to avoid duplicative and damaging costs to the industry.
First unveiled in 2005, EU-ETS requires aircraft operators flying within EU airspace to participate in a carbon credit trading program.
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During the proposed reprieve, non-European based operators conducting flights originating outside Europe would not be subjected to EU-ETS requirements, though European operators and intra-EU flights conducted by foreign operators would still be required to comply with the policy.
FORBES: Europe Stops The Clock On Deeply Flawed Aviation Emissions Scheme
John Thune (R-SD) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), is the second EU-ETS prohibition measure passed by the House.
FORBES: Europe Stops The Clock On Deeply Flawed Aviation Emissions Scheme
EU-ETS also creates a costly administrative burden to operators, and the requirement that operators share sensitive personal data raises serious privacy and confidentiality concerns.
FORBES: Europe Stops The Clock On Deeply Flawed Aviation Emissions Scheme
As European regulators appeared to recognize and take steps to address the backlash against the EU-ETS, lawmakers in the United States also took unprecedented action against the policy.
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The EU Emissions Trading Scheme ( ETS) has been seen as the world's best attempt to cut carbon by means of cap and trade.
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And from the corporate sector, seven companies involved in aviation have written to European governments complaining about the recent inclusion of plane emissions in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS).
The other aspect of the US position that has drawn cries of "hypocrite" from the environmental community is that it asks the EU to stand down its ETS plan and instead develop a truly global measure to tackle aviation emissions.
The ETS, as the EU carbon market is known, was designed to encourage companies to invest in technologies that reduce their emissions in the long term, rather than to simply buy more permits to emit more carbon-dioxide.
"A huge slice of the 11.3% reduction was achieved long before the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) got underway, " he told BBC News.
The EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) created a market in CO2 emission allowances, meaning that heavy emitters of CO2 have to buy allowances from enterprises that have managed to cut their CO2 emissions.
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