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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9577

11 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
European Commission discards idea of carbon tax proposal in “energy and climate” package

Brussels, 10/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided not to suggest a carbon tax mechanism within the framework of the package of legislative proposals on “energy and climate”, to be unveiled on 23 January. The mechanism would have been aimed at combating unfair imports of industrial products from countries that have not signed up to the Kyoto Protocol. “There will be no detailed carbon tax proposal on imported products”, Barbara Helfferich, spokeswoman for...

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