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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/climate

Commission gives conditional approval to Estonia's national CO² allocation plan

Brussels, 04/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission approved Estonia's national plan for allocating (NAP) carbon dioxide (CO²) emission allowances for the 2008-2012 trading period, subject to a number of changes being made. In particular, it asks Tallinn to reduce its proposed cap by 11.7 million tonnes of CO² equivalent, to 12.7 million tonnes, a 47.8% reduction. Estonia's is the twentieth NAP to have been assessed for the 2008-2012 period.

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