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Council Decision (EU) 2016/915 of 30 May 2016 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union with regard to the international instrument to be drawn up within the ICAO bodies and intended to lead to the implementation from 2020 of a single global market-based measure for international aviation emissions| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2016/915 |
| Original proposal | COM(2016)183  |
| CELEX number i | 32016D0915 |
| Document | 30-05-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 10-06-2016; OJ L 153 p. 32-34 |
| Effect | 11-06-2016; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
10.6.2016 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 153/32 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2016/915
of 30 May 2016
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union with regard to the international instrument to be drawn up within the ICAO bodies and intended to lead to the implementation from 2020 of a single global market-based measure for international aviation emissions
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1), in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
Greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation represent more than 2 % of global emissions and are growing exponentially, with projections for 2050 indicating that, under a ‘business as usual’ scenario, such emissions from international aviation activities could grow above 200 % compared to current levels. By 2050, global greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced by at least 50 % below their 1990 levels. All sectors of the economy should contribute to achieving those emission reductions, including international aviation. |
(2) |
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was successfully concluded in December 2015 by the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the objective of which is to limit global temperature increase well below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1,5 °C. |
(3) |
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) was established by the 1944 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation. The Member States of the Union are Contracting Parties to that Convention and members of the ICAO, while the Union has observer status in certain ICAO meetings, including the triennial ICAO Assembly. The Union and its Member States are Parties to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which requires them to pursue the limitation of emissions of greenhouse gases from international aviation through the ICAO. Decision 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) called for the Union to identify and undertake specific actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation if no such action were agreed within the ICAO by 2002. |
(4) |
The 33rd Session of the ICAO Assembly (2001) endorsed the development of an open emissions trading system for international aviation (2). The ICAO Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection recommended in 2004 that an aviation-specific emissions trading system based on a new legal instrument under ICAO auspices should not be pursued further. The 35th Session of the ICAO Assembly (2004) endorsed the further development of an open emissions trading system and the possibility for ICAO Contracting States to incorporate emissions from international aviation into their emissions trading schemes (3), but the 36th Session of the ICAO Assembly (2007) called for aircraft operators based in other ICAO Contracting States to be exempt unless it were mutually agreed between those States to implement an emissions trading system on other ICAO Contracting State's aircraft operators (4). The Union, its Member States and other European States have consistently reserved the right to apply market-based measures (MBMs) on a non-discriminatory basis to all aircraft operators providing services to, from or within their territory, recalling that the Chicago Convention recognises its Parties' rights to apply, on a non-discriminatory basis, their own aviation laws and regulations to the aircrafts of all States (5) providing services to, from or within their territory. |
(5) |
Considering that the limitation of greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation is an essential contribution in line with overall... |
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