On Friday 14 June, Spain, supported by Cyprus, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal and Romania, called for the monitoring mechanisms of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in the maritime sector to be strengthened. The European transport ministers discussed the issue in Luxembourg on Tuesday 18 June.
Óscar Puente Santiago, the Spanish minister, expressed his concern about “the risks of carbon leakage, loss of competitiveness in European ports and loss of control...