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EU Commission wary of Austria's green air-price plan
By EUobserver
The European Commission has asked Austria to clarify plans for a minimum airfare of €40, designed to curb CO2 emission from cheap short-haul flights, amid concern it violated a 2008 European law which guaranteed "pricing freedom" in the aviation sector. The EU supported "greening of aviation", but this had to be "compatible with the internal market rules", a spokesman told Reuters. Austria's ruling coalition first proposed the move last June.