Falling foul of pollution law? Not in Europe!

摘要

The European Commission has published the 2005 CO{sub}2 emissions data and compliance status of more than 9400 installations covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, The figures show a significant over-assessment of emissions and therefore of allowances, even though four member states - Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Poland -have yet to send the information because their emission allowance registries are not yet operational. The 21 member states with active registries have allocated an annual average of 1829.5 million allowances to installations in the scheme' s first trading period, covering 2005 to 2007. In addition they have put aside an annual average of some 73.4 million allowances for new installations or for auctioning purposes. Independently verified emissions data for installations representing more than 99% of emissions in these 21 member states amounted to approximately 1785.3 million tonnes for 2005.