For the reasons I gave earlier (and other reasons) it is difficult to see how this could be achieved via indirect taxation (duty on fuel being hypothecated in some way to EASA).
Fuji, do you agree that
1. Funding of a CAA or EASA shouldn't be assured or regulated via FCL requirements ?
2. EASA gets a budget of € 107 Million, funded in part by Member States, as an EU subsidy, and in part from certification contributions, but which brings very little in value added to the end user and with very little accountability to parliament ? (source : video of the exchange between EASA and the EP Transport Committee)
3. EASA can easily be funded entirely through a full contribution by member states, if member states wanted to and were fully committed to the concept of a European Aviation
Safety Agency ? (source: EASA financial regulation)
just to get the record straight...