Regulations and Government
Aviation Groups to Obama: File EU-ETS Protest at ICAO

Nineteen U.S. aviation organizations–including NBAA, NATA, AOPA and GAMA–sent a joint letter to President Obama yesterday urging him to “challenge the inclusion of international aviation under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) by initiating an Article 84 proceeding in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).” Invoking Article 84 allows the ICAO council to decide disputes that cannot be settled between member states. In 2000, this action was used to settle the engine hushkit squabble between the U.S. and Europe.