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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9758

10 October 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Council confirms inclusion of aviation in greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme

Luxembourg, 09/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - Recalling that the European Union has set itself the objective of a unilateral reduction of 20% in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the Transport Council confirmed an agreement reached in second reading with the European Parliament on the inclusion, by 2012, of aviation in the greenhouse gas emissions trading system (ETS). In conclusions on this theme adopted on Thursday 9 October, the transport ministers also call on the European Commission to...

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