I-EU entsha ekujoliswe kuyo, eyamkelwe kulo nyaka, ifuna ukuba ukukhutshwa kweenqwelo moya eYurophu kwehle ngeepesenti ezintathu ngo-2012, kunye neepesenti ezintlanu ngo-2013.
Ukuze kuhlangatyezwane noko kujoliswe kuko, iinqwelo-moya ezibizwa kuluhlu olutsha olupapashwe ngoMgqibelo kwi-Official Journal ye-European Union kufuneka zinciphise ukukhutshwa kwazo okanye zibhekane nezohlwayo.
Olu luhlu lubandakanya izigebenga zezothutho ezifana neLufthansa, i-Alitalia, i-Quantas, i-KLM, i-Emirates, i-US Airways kunye ne-United kunye nabavelisi be-Airbus kunye ne-Dassault, amakhulukhulu abucala.
abaqhubi bejethi zoshishino, uMkhosi waManzi wase-US kunye nemikhosi yomoya yakwaSirayeli neRashiya.
Ukukhutshwa kweenqwelo-moya okwangoku kubonisa ipesenti ezintathu zemveliso yeCO2 yaseYurophu.
Uxinzelelo oluvela kushishino
I-EU yamkele umgaqo-nkqubo wayo omtsha ngoJanuwari nangona iphantsi koxinzelelo oluqatha oluvela kuninzi lwamazwe angamalungu e-International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) kunye neenkampani ezikwi-International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Umthetho omtsha waseYurophu uza kusebenza ngoJan 1, 2012, apho zonke iinqwelo-moya - zombini zaseYurophu kunye nezingezona zaseYurophu - ezisebenza ngaphakathi kweYurophu kuya kufuneka zinciphise ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 okanye zijongene nokuvinjelwa kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseYurophu.
I-EU ikwaceba ukwazisa inkqubo yokurhweba ngokukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo apho iinkampani ezingafikeleliyo ekujoliswe kuko zinokuthenga iimvume kwiimarike zaseYurophu okanye zityale imali kwiinkqubo zophuhliso ezicocekileyo.