Indian and Chinese airlines failed to submit carbon-dioxide emissions data for 2011, ?disregarding European rules that seek to expand the region?s emissions trading system to include aviation,? Bloomberg News reports.
There has been ?systematic non-reporting? of emissions to and from Europe from 10 airlines based in India and China, the European Commission said Tuesday in a statement on its Web site.
The European Union expanded its Emissions Trading Scheme in January to include airlines, Bloomberg reports. ?The new rules require carriers to submit data on their carbon emissions for last year, although carbon permits are not required for 2011 emissions.?
The inclusion of airlines in the E.T.S. triggered opposition from countries including the United States, China and Russia. They said the European Union should let a United Nations agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, decide on greenhouse-gas limits for the industry.
The Chinese and Indian airlines represent less than 3 percent of the sector?s emissions, said Connie Hedegaard, the European climate commissioner. Eight airlines in China and two in India have until mid-June to submit the data, she said. The remaining airlines reported last year?s emissions by the March 31 deadline, the commission said in the statement. More than 1,200 emissions reports have been submitted from airlines, it said.
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