As if this weren’t bad enough, the Commission is preparing an emission-trading scheme for EU airlines, with 2004 as the base year for setting quotas. This is a clear disadvantage for airlines from the new EU members, as the number of passengers they carry increased sharply only after 2004, when these countries joined the EU.
仿佛这还不够糟糕，委员会还准备制定一项欧盟航空公司排放交易计划，以2004年为基准年设定配额。对于新成员国的航空公司来说，这显然十分不利，因为他们运载的乘客人数是在2004年这些国家加入欧盟以后才大幅度增长的。