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DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC

File's References :

ID:COM(2001)581 & Directive 2003/87/EC PROC:2001/0245/COD

File's type :

Codecision

Related File(s) :

Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms (amended)
Amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system of the Community
Approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder

Theme(s) describing this File:

Environment

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The objective of the proposed directive is to establish a Community framework for emission allowance trading between companies in the Union. This system, based on granting authorised emission allowances, aims both to achieve a pre-determined emission reduction and to decrease the resulting costs.

See the Item's Reference(s) for more information.

Steps, News and Events :

2007/07/18	Commission Decision establishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
2003/10/13	Signature
2003/07/22	Council Approval
2003/07/18	Commission Opinion on EP 2nd Reading
2003/07/02	EP Opinion 2nd Reading
2003/03/25	Commission Opinion on Common Position
2003/03/18	Council Common Position
2002/11/27	Commission Amended Proposal
2002/10/10	EP Opinion 1st Reading
2002/05/29	ESC Opinion
2002/03/14	COR Opinion
2001/10/10	Commission Proposal