{"id":9165,"date":"2012-03-22T03:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T01:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/south-africa-urges-eu-suspend-airline-carbon-scheme\/"},"modified":"2012-03-22T03:23:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T01:23:51","slug":"south-africa-urges-eu-suspend-airline-carbon-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-urges-eu-suspend-airline-carbon-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa urges EU suspend airline carbon scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

By Robert Evans<\/span><\/p>\n

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GENEVA, March 21<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa on Wednesday urged
\nthe European Union to suspend for two years its controversial
\nairline emissions trading scheme (ETS) to allow time for a
\nglobal agreement on carbon charges to be worked out through the
\nUnited Nations.<\/p>\n

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The proposal, set out at a Geneva conference by Pretoria’s
\ntourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, won quick backing from
\na U.S. government representative and industry bodies from Europe
\nand the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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“Aggressive unilateralism and extra-territorial measures are
\nnot the way to go in an increasingly globalized world,” he
\ndeclared in a reference to the ETS, which has raised a storm of
\nworld opposition and threats of an aviation trading war.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

To resolve the looming conflict in which many major
\ncountries are urging their airlines to boycott the scheme, van
\nSchalkwyk said he was putting forward to the 27-nation EU a
\n“firm proposal” to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Given that multilateral negotiating options are not yet
\nexhausted, we call on the EU to do the sensible thing and
\nsuspend the extension of the ETS to aviation for two years,” he
\ntold the meeting, on environmental issues facing the industry.<\/p>\n

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An EU law that compels all airlines flying into and out of
\nEurope to buy carbon permits to offset their emissions went into
\neffect from Jan. 1, but bills will not be presented until April
\n2013 to allow time for calculating carbon totals.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a senior Indian official said his country would
\ntell its air companies not to buy permits or share emission data
\nwith the EU, and that it could later ask them to cancel planned
\npurchases of Airbus planes from European aerospace company EADS
\n if the dispute worsened.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

China has already said its airlines must not take part in
\nthe EU scheme and has suspended the purchase of Airbus jets
\nworth $14 billion, while the United States has warned of
\n“appropriate action.”
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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