On 19 February, the European Parliament’s environment committee (ENVI) voted in favour of the European Commission’s proposal to postpone the auctioning in the framework of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) of 900 million emission allowances (backloading) for the 2013-2020 period (third ETS trading period).

Next week, the discussions between the European parliament and EU member states on the ETS reform are expected to begin and a plenary vote at the parliament is scheduled for April, although delays are possible.

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