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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9719

7 August 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/un/climate
EU's 'Community Independent Transaction Log' and Member States' registries to be connected with UN carbon credit registry in near future - Moving towards global carbon trading

Brussels, 06/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EU's 'Community Independent Transaction Log' (CITL, an electronic accounting system keeping track of the emissions allowances of companies in the EU carbon market) and Member States' registries will be connected to the UN's International Transaction Log (ITL) by December 2008.

"Linking up with the UN's carbon credit registry will further strengthen Europe's leading role in the global carbon market," commented Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas...