Europaudvalget 2011-12
EUU Alm.del Bilag 413
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European CommissionDirectorate-General Climate ActionUnit B3 - International Carbon Market,Aviation and MaritimeB-1049 BrusselsBelgiumE-mail:[email protected]
Office for EU &International EnergyJ 2012 - 2327
Response from the Danish government to Commission consultation on“Including maritime transport emissions in the EU's greenhouse gasreduction commitment”.
The most ideal way to regulate maritime CO2 emissions would be to agree aglobal flag neutral market based instrument in the International Maritime Or-ganisation (IMO) while a global reduction target should be agreed upon inUNFCCC consistent with the 2 degree target. In the IMO, Denmark, with thesupport of Asian, African, European Countries and the industry, is proposingan international greenhouse gas fund where a contribution will have to bepayed when buying bunker fuel and where the revenue is used for buying off-sets to meet a certain predefined goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Parts of the revenue may also be used as an innovative source of climate fi-nance, which could for example be directed to the Green Climate Fund.
A global agreement building on the nine IMO principles and covering all inter-national shipping would be more effective than a European scheme, andwould more easily be designed to secure the principle of flag neutrality, mini-mizing competitive distortions and for avoiding evasion. It is important that theEU and Member States continue to support a global solution.
KLIMA- OGENERGIMINISTERIET
Lack of international progress will require alternative avenues such as an EUSide 2
scheme. It should be considered carefully how such a system could ideally bedesigned so that it follows the nine IMO principles, particularly so that it-is effectively contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emis-sions,-is cost-effective, minimizes competitive distortion and does not penal-ize global trade and growth while supporting technical innovation andenergy efficiency,-minimises risks of evasion,-is practical, transparent, fraud free and fairly easy to administer,-is in line with international law,-can be adapted in case an international scheme is implemented.1
Yours sincerely,
Martin Lindgreen, Head of Department
IMO’s 9 principles:1. Effective in contributing to the reduction of the total global greenhouse gas emis-sions2. Binding and equally applicable to all flag states in order to avoid evasion3. Cost-effective4. Able to limit – or at least – effectively minimize competitive distortion5. Based on sustainable environmental development without penalizing global tradeand growth6. Based on goal-based and not prescribe specific methods7. Supportive of promoting and facilitating technical innovation and R&D in the en-tire shipping sector8.Accommodating to leading technologies in the field of energy efficiency9.Practical, transparent, fraud free and fairly easy to administer1
