Brussels, 21/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Directive 2008/101/EC, which includes aviation activities in the EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) is valid. It infringes neither the principles of customary international law, nor relevant international conventions, nor the Open Skies Agreement between the European Union and the United States. Thus ruled the Court of Justice of the EU in a judgment handed down on Wednesday in Case C-366/10. The directive will, then, come into force as planned on 1...