On October 6th, Juliane Kokott, an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice handed down an opinion in a case that brings aviation, the environment, taxation and sovereignty face to face.
Just prior to the judgement a group of 26 countries met in New Delhi, to make known their concerns about the EU’s approach to taxing aviation emissions.
The meeting adopted a joint declaration, stating that inclusion of aviation in EU ETS was ‘discriminatory’ and a violation of international law. They indicated also that they will file a formal complaint against the inclusion of aviation in EU ETS at the November ICAO summit in Russia that some Caribbean aviation ministers may attend.
