| EU nations are still split into two camps on the start date for the European Commission's proposed carbon market stability reserve intended to shore up carbon prices, an EU Latvian presidency source said Tuesday. "The range is 2017 to 2021, with one camp favoring the earlier years and the others the later ones," the source said.
The start date will only be finalized completely once the EU nations, acting in the EU Council, agree a common text on the proposals with the European Parliament and EC. The parliament's environment committee is due to vote on its negotiating position on February 24, and draft compromise amendments indicate it may back an end-2018 start date...............................................Full Article: Source
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