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Austria summoned to fully transpose CCS directive

Brussels, 24/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 24 September, the European Commission decided to to send an additional reasoned opinion to Austria as part of the infringements proceedings for incompletely transposing into national law the European rules on the capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS, Directive 2009/31/EC, known as the CCS Directive).

Austria has decided to make use of the option in the CCS Directive of banning CO2 storage on its territory, but the...