By Nina Chestney
LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) – The European Commission’s review of its Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) should deliver an effective carbon price signal for the EU’s share of international aviation emissions on extra-European routes, a senior EU official said on Tuesday.
This is to ensure a level playing field for all aviation operators with equal treatment on routes, Polona Gregorin, Head of Unit, Air, Rail, Water and Intermodal Policy, Directorate-General for Climate Action, said on a webinar. Currently, the ETS covers intra-EU flights only.
Brussels is redesigning the EU ETS, which forces power plants and industries to buy CO2 permits when they pollute, to align it with its 2040 climate target.
(Reporting by Nina Chestney, Editing by Louise Heavens)
