Study Of Illegal Issues Of EU Maritime Carbon Tax

With the development of global economy, environmental problems become increasingly serious in our daily life. As increasing of the Greenhouse Gas emission and the influence following, nations start to take account into developing low-carbon, low-emission economic model. Nowadays, specific rules, protocols and agreements have been drafted or deployed in industrial world as granted responsibilities to keep us away from climate deterioration. Shipping industry is the most efficient method on energy use comparing to other transportation method.As much more deepen in people’s awareness,it was found that ship emissions is one of the important pollution sources. Therefore, the raising of carbon tax charging towards such transportation method request by EU is unwelcomed when it first comes on top of the table by most of stakeholders, i.e, countries, international corporations, etc. Not for first time, earlier released air carbon tax by EU have faced similar dilemma around world. Author believes, along with huge numbers of authoritative experts of this field, that EU could not reach a common agreement relying on such one-side action, which is also unethica.International agreements have to be reached only after full consultation under the legal frame.Article analyze the international convention and some legal principles, and then it can be concluded that the EU maritime carbon tax is illegal.China face of the European actions,and how to protect our rights from the legal.From the perspective of international law, this paper applies the method of theoretical analysis to the EU Marine carbon tax, beside the foreword and the conclusion, the text part is divided into four chapters.The first chapter states the Marine carbon tax.From the concept of carbon tax,this paper expounds the origin and development of it, as well as the relevant international conventions of the carbon tax, and it raises the sea areas on the basis of a carbon tax concept, and suggests that the current world multinational attitude towards the Marine carbon tax.The second chapter mainly discusses the illegality of the EU Marine carbon tax.To state the law sources of the European Union’s emissions trading system, the EU’s own opinion.Then to state the illegal of EU Marine carbon tax. Analyzing the EU Marine carbon tax go against the jurisprudence,international law, customary international law and some related legal system, once again shows that the illegality of the EU Marine carbon tax.The third chapter analyzes the measures of legal protection of China.In combination with the current status of maritime emissions in our country, from the way of law discusses the response to the protection in our country, and suggests that China should as a wake-up call, perfect its own carbon tax legal system is a long-term solution.