Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-07-04-Speech-2-176"
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British Conservatives have voted in favour of this report because we recognise the impact aviation emissions have on climate change. They account for some 4% of carbon emissions in the EU and air traffic movements are set to double by 2020 compared to 2003.
We are in favour of including aviation emissions in an emissions trading scheme, either by addition to the present scheme or possibly within a more limited scheme. This would allow the airlines to cooperate with the national and EU authorities to apply rules that meet their aims of achieving the highest possible environmental standards without unduly penalising EU travellers and, if they are operated on flights into and out of the EU, operators would pay no more than their non-EU competitors. Any EU scheme would best be operated eventually as part of a global approach.
We are not in favour of a kerosene tax or including air travel within the VAT system. We do not want to damage the EU air transport industry and the public’s reasonable expectation of cheaper air travel.
We look to the Commission to learn from its early mistakes in the emissions trading system and to pilot an ETS for the aviation industry."@en1
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"Caroline Jackson and Timothy Kirkhope (PPE-DE ),"1
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