Commission finalises phase III Eu Ets benchmark criteria

摘要

Controversial benchmarking criteria assigning free emission allowances to industries at risk of carbon leakage have been passed subject to acceptance by MEPs and the European Council. But some measures have been watered down. Proposed criteria for free EU emission allowances by member states to energy-intensive industries deemed at risk from foreign competition were agreed by the European Commission's Climate Change Committee on 16 December 2010. These allowances are for phase III of the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), which begins in 2013.