EU-DIGEST: China ready to impound EU planes if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for not complying with scheme to curb carbon emissions

6/14/12

China ready to impound EU planes if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for not complying with scheme to curb carbon emissions

China will take swift counter-measures that could include impounding European aircraft if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for not complying with its scheme to curb carbon emissions, the China Air Transport Association said on Tuesday.

The warning came as the UN's aviation body expressed concern about the growing threat of bilateral reprisals.

Chinese airlines, which have been told by Beijing not to comply with the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, refused to meet a March 31 deadline for submitting carbon emissions data.

A new stand-off looms after EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the carriers would have until the end of this week to submit their data or face enforcement action.

Note EU-Digest: China says it stands ready to impound EU planes landing in PRC in retaliation for the EU enforcing carbon tax emissions. In the same breath China also want to reduce the EU-China meetings on human rights violations to one session a year.

The European parliament should take note of this unacceptable Chinese behavior and not accept these threats..