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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10528

11 January 2012
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SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) transport
Business flights unfairly singled out by ETS

Brussels, 10/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - Business flights feel unfairly singled out by the European carbon trading system ETS, which has applied to aviation since 1 January 2012. Business flights use small aircraft to fly business leaders around on demand and the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is furious that such flights have to have permits for 96% of their emissions, compared with 15% for regular airlines. EBAA is also unhappy that the costs of ETS red tape and surveillance...

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