EMISSIONS TRADING – ECJ
February 1st, 2005
KEITH NUTHALLITALY, Finland, Belgium and Greece are being taken to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by the European Commission, which says these governments have failed to properly establish the European Union (EU) emissions trading regime in their countries. This came into force on January 1, but has to be written into national statute books in a uniform way. Problems alleged by the Commission include that Belgium has not transposed the directive for the Flanders region and Finland in Aland province. More general difficulties are highlighted for Italy and ...
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