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Lawful to include US airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- October 9 2011
European Court of Justice Advocate-General Juliane Kokott released a court opinion October 6 that is expected to play an important role in the international policy dispute over whether U.S. airlines will be included in the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading system: that inclusion of U.S. airlines in the trading program is lawful
Congress and administration unite against EU airline emissions standards
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- July 31 2011
On July 27, Top officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, State Department, and Transportation Department testifying before the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee joined Republican and Democratic members in criticizing an EU plan to cap GHG emissions from international flights to or from Europe beginning in 2012
Legislation introduced
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- July 24 2011
On July 20, Rep. John Mica (R-FL) and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) introduced the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2594) seeking to negate the EU’s attempt to limit GHG emissions from international flights
EU airline decision unchanged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- January 22 2012
The European Commission sent a letter January 16 to U.S. Secretaries of State and Transportation asserting that it will not change its decision to include U.S. airlines in the European Union Emissions trading System
House exempts U.S. airlines
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- October 30 2011
The House approved legislation (H.R. 2594) October 24 that would prohibit U.S. airlines from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme, which is scheduled to take effect for airlines this January
EU ETS airline challenges
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- April 1 2012
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and U.S. airline representatives March 28 urged the administration to use an international aviation treaty to challenge the European Union’s plan to include American carriers in its Emissions Trading System
US aviation drops EU ETS challenge
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- April 1 2012
Airlines for America, the leading trade organization for American airlines, dropped its lawsuit March 27 challenging the inclusion of aviation in the European Union’s cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions
EU court confirms inclusion of international airlines in ETS
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- January 8 2012
The European Union’s Court of Justice ruled December 21 that an attempt by United States airline operators to avoid inclusion in the EU’s Emissions Trading System is invalid and not justified by international law or specific agreements between the two parties
Inclusion of U.S. airlines in EU scheme objected
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- January 8 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sent a letter December 16 to the European Union and member states asking them to halt, delay, or suspend a plan to subject U.S. airlines to a CO2 cap and trade system that began this month
Committee approves airline EU emissions exemption
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- European Union, USA
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- September 11 2011
On September 8, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011 (H.R. 2594) that would exempt US airlines from the EU emissions cap on all flights leaving or landing in the European Union set to begin in January 2012
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Author - David Leiter
- Author - Daniel Phillips
- Workarea - Aviation
- Workarea - Environment