Unionens tilstand: Kommissionen vedtager reviderede EU-retningslinjer for statsstøtte i emissionshandelssystemet
(WorldNews Denmark)

In line with the European Green Deal and the EU`s objective to become the first climate neutral economy by 2050, the Commission adopted today revised EU Emission Trading System State aid Guidelinesin the context of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading post-2021 (the `ETS Guidelines`). They will enter into force on 1 January 2021 with the start of the new ETS trading period, and replace the previous Guidelines adopted in 2012. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: `To sustainably tackle climate change and achieve our Green Deal objectives, we have to put a price tag on carbon emissions while avoiding carbon leakage. The revised...