European Regions Airline Association

ERA Chairs the Council for Environmentally Friendly Aviation (CEFA). CEFA is made up of industry associations and works to coordinate industry policy as well as working on ways of promoting aviation's activities in the area of the environment. 

Welcome to ERA's Emissions Trading Services Directory. This Directory is designed to provide airline members of ERA with a single reference point to find information on products and services offered by ERA associate and affiliate members in the field of emissions trading. The Directory will be constantly updated with new providers of services as they are developed.

Aviation was integrated into the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) by Directive 2008/101/EC which became law on the 2 February 2009.  As from 1 January 2012 all aircraft operators who operate flights that arrive at or depart from an airport in the EU became subject to the scheme.  This includes non-EU and EU aircraft operators.

Useful links for Emissions Trading, Noise, Environmental Communications Tools and other useful links on aviation & the environment.

The European Commission (EC) has been studying the so-called "internalisation of external costs" for transport for a number of years. This policy, which would require additional costs to be paid by all transport end-users, is also known as "the polluter pays" or "the end-user pays the full cost including social costs".

Noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports are currently regulated through national laws, under the European Directive 2002/30/EC.  The European Commission (EC) has proposed replacement of the Directive with a Regulation (directly applicable in all member States), which is part of the Airport Package proposals.

In January 2008 the European Commission commissioned a study to identify and evaluate European measures to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from aircraft. The final report was published in March 2009.