EU agrees on carbon permit auction rules from 2013
July 16th, 2010
European Union governments on Wednesday unanimously agreed detailed rules for auctioning carbon permits in the third phase of the bloc’s Emissions Trading Scheme from 2013, the EU executive said in a statement.
The draft rules will see the creation of a central platform to sell the majority of EU carbon permits from 2013, but also allows countries to opt out and hold their own auctions. Source