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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10650
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) ets

Free carbon quotas for Bulgarian, Czech and Romanian power stations after 2012

Brussels, 06/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania will be allowed to continue to give their power stations free quotas in the European greenhouse gas emissoions trading system (ETS) after 2012.

On Friday 6 July 2012, the European Commission decided to allow the three countries to make use of the derogation to the ETS directive whereby countries highly reliant on coal-fired power stations do not have to buy all their quotas on the carbon markets. Such...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROGROUP: Spanish aid decision expected on Monday
(AE) FINANCE: New credit default and naked short-selling measures
(AE) HUNGARY: Central Bank law introduced
(AE) PORTUGAL: Budget target for 2012 will be reached
(AE) IRELAND: Successful rollover of short-term debt
CYPRUS PRESIDENCY
(AE) ECONOMY: Barroso asks Cyprus to take ownership of aid programme
(AE) ECONOMY: Cypriot finance minister calls on a fair Europe
(AE) CYPRUS: Cypriot Presidency kicks off with comments about division
(AE) ENERGY: Cyprus going for gas
(AE) MARITIME POLICY: Cypriot Presidency wants “blue growth”
INSTITUTIONNAL
(AE) BUDGET: Ministers restrict rise in payments to 2.8% for 2013 budget
(AE) BUDGET: Council agrees on budget for research
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Events cause concern in Romania - Victor Ponta in Brussels on Thursday
(AE) JHA: Secret CIA flights - EP reiterates its call for greater transparency
(AE) ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: Nicosia meeting focuses on water and adapting to climate change
(AE) ETS: Free carbon quotas for Bulgarian, Czech and Romanian power stations after 2012
(AE) AGRICULTURE: CAP reform is main feature of Presidency
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Direct payments - EP endorses 2013 regime
(AE) AGRICULTURE: CAP reform - Statement by Visegrad group of countries
(AE) TRANSPORT: Airport package - anti-liberalisation demonstration
(AE) INDUSTRY: EIB loan of €350 million for Fiat Industrial's R&D activities
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) AFGHANISTAN: EU to confirm its long-term support at Tokyo conference
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Parliament calls for development education strategy
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Africa, China and Russia in EP's sights
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD: €150 million for investment facility in 2012
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Pensions of EU officials are not subject to ISF
(AE) GENERAL COURT: “Royal Shakespeare” mark on drinks is declared invalid
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