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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8689

21 April 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate change
Parliament green light at first reading to "liaison" directive on trading emissions credits for clean investments outside the EU

Brussels, 20/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - In its adoption of the report by Dutch Green MEP Alexander de Roo in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the European Parliament has given its green light to the implementation, as of January 2005, of all the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto protocol within the European Union, to allow the Member States to achieve part of their objective to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases at low cost.

The vote in the plenary session on the so-called "liaison" directive...

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