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China vs Europe: Beijing bans airlines to comply with EU rule about ETS emissions of airplanes

Peking, China - A CAAC (General Administration of Civil Aviation of China) press release announces it

CAAC (General Administration of Civil Aviation of China) has banned Chinese carriers to comply with the EU rule on ETS (Emission Trading System), that taxes airlines for carbon emission issued into the atmosphere by their airplanes in flight from and to Europe. It has been banned them also to apply a surcharge on tickets' cost to compensate the payment of this burden. The civil aviation regulatory...

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Rome, Italy, 02/06/2012 18:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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