Brussels, 05/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 5 March, the Council of the EU finalised its first reading position on the draft regulation which seeks to establish a monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) mechanism in the EU for CO2 emission from large ships. This will apply to vessels of over 5,000 gross registered tonnage using EU ports (see EUROPE 11220).
The official Council position was adopted without debate by qualified majority. Attention now turns to the European...