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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9192

16 May 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate
In 2005, industries taking part in European Co2 emissions market did not fully use up their emissions quota - over-generous allocation? No comment from Commission

Brussels, 15/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) produced by industrial installations in 21 Member States of the EU were more than a million times less in 2005 than the levels allocated them in the European emissions exchange market. Good news for the fight against climate change? This is far from being the case if it turns out that this result is due to excessive quota allocations being made.

This indeed appears to be the trend observed in the first report on CO2...

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