Commission tough on national CO2 emission plans

Showing his determination to make EU plans to fight global warming succeed, Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, on 16 January 2007, ordered Belgium and Holland to cap industry emissions of carbon dioxide to levels at respectively 7.6% and 5.1% below what their governments had asked for.

The Commissioner said that he wants to send a “strong signal” that Europe is committed to the success of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and intends “to create the necessary scarcity in the European carbon market”.
EurActiv