08/03/2017 (Agence Europe) – In a case involving Arcelor Mittal (see EUROPE 11587), the Court of Justice of the EU held that a member state can demand the return of emissions quotas that have not been used or were not due under the European Trading Scheme (ETS). Therefore, when a company closes down operations in one of its plants at a date after the allocation of emissions quotas and omits to inform the competent authority of this action in the necessary timeframe, the latter can order...