ECJ CLIMATE CHANGE CASE – BRITAIN
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice's (ECJ) Court of First Instance has ruled that the European Commission had no right to reject earlier this year the UK's increase of carbon dioxide pollution allowances under the European Union emissions trading system earlier this year. The court ruled that the Commission had "failed to explain how that increase...could destabilise the market", and hence had acted illegally. The Commission could appeal against the court's ruling, especially as it may encourage other EU member states to revise their allowances and ...
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