Brussels, 07/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling returned on 7 March, the General Court of the EU has rejected the appeal brought by Poland against the European Commission decision of April 2011 defining the interim rules concerning the allocation of greenhouse gas emissions quotas free of charge from 2013. The Court argues that this decision does not discriminate against industrial plants using coal as fuel.
In its decision (2011/78/EU), the Commission determined the benchmarks for each...