03/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Yes to accelerated “backloading”. In Brussels on Thursday 30 January, the committee on the environment of the European Parliament rejected two attempts by the ECR Group to block the short-term reform of the European carbon market (see EUROPE 10993) and voted in favour of shortening the time to be taken by the Parliament and the Council to examine the measure, as proposed by the European Commission. This means that the Commission will be able to carry out a...