Air Transport Association of America and Others v. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 172(2017)
• Page Start: 200
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: Air -- Environment -- Relationship of international law and municipal law; Court of Justice of the European Union; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781108292238.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : Air — Legal regime of international aviation — Chicago Convention, 1944 — Environmental protection — Rights of State of landing and take-off — Whether extending to regulating aircraft of foreign registration above the high seas and in air space of other States — Whether such regulation required to be based on multinational agreement Environment — Treaties — Greenhouse gases — Emission allowances — European Union scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Inclusion of aviation activities in that scheme through Directive 2008/101/EC — Whether certain international agreements and principles of customary international law could be relied upon to challenge validity of Directive 2008/101/EC — Whether Directive 2008/101/EC contravening Chicago Convention, 1944 — Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1997 — Open Skies Agreement between European Union and United States of America, 2007 — Customary international law Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — European Union — Treaty to which all European Union States party — Whether binding on European Union — Chicago Convention, 1944