Press Release: Council adopts regulation amending EU emissions trading scheme

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Series Details PRES/14/225 (14.04.14)
Publication Date 14/04/2014
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On 14 April 2014, at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting that took place in Luxembourg, the Council of the European Union adopted a regulation amending the EU Emissions trading scheme directive, in view of the implementation by 2020 of an international agreement applying a single global market-based measure to international aviation emissions.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/envir/142187.pdf
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ESO: Background information: MEPs back CO2 permit exemption for long-haul flights http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-meps-back-co2-permit-exemption-for-long-haul-flights/
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