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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8316

11 October 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/climate
Parliament gives go-ahead to introduction of Community greenhouse gas emission trading system by substantially strengthening Commission proposal

Brussels, 10/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted, through a very large majority (393 in favour, 66 against, 36 abstentions), the report by Portuguese Christian-Democrat Jorge Moreira da Silva (EPP-ED) on the draft directive aimed at introducing into the Union a greenhouse gas emission quota trading system, as instrument against global warming, and complementary to national and Community policies and measures. By doing so, Parliament gave, on first reading,...

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