How does Emissions Trading affect the European Emissions Permits?
Article from: OGEL Archive issue , in Environment
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the proposed EU Emissions Trading Scheme and its relation to the IPPC Directive, especially the measures concerning environmental permits. According to the Commission non-paper on the subject, these two schemes are supposed to be compatible. The Member States are left an ample room to transpose the permitting and allocation measures of the proposed Emissions Trading Directive. However, as the IPPC Directive is the framework directive covering all aspects of environmental protection, some problems may rise from its contents. ...