EMISSIONS TRADING
November 1st, 2004
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is largely on track for a timely start to its emissions trading system on January 1, with the unconditional approval in late October of six more CO2 emission allocation plans, from Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Portugal. Also Finland and Frances' allocations were approved on condition some technical changes are made. This meant 16 governments had secured Commission approval to begin trading, also including Austria, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden. Brussels' ...
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