06 October 2011

EU airline emissions cap 'legal'

EU airline emissions cap 'legal': Plans to include any airline landing or taking off on EU territory in an emissions trading scheme are legal, an adviser to Europe's top court

would be legal

The EU airline emissions scheme is due to begin in January 2011

Plans to include any airline landing or taking off on EU territory in an emissions trading scheme are legal, an adviser to Europe's top court has said.

European Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott said this in response to a legal challenge to the scheme by North American airlines.

Though the court will not rule until next year, it follows the advocate-general's opinion in most cases.

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