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Carbon Tax: the French case raises EU concerns EU Finance Ministers approve VAT changes to ETS fraudsters Commission Decision on carbon leakage published EU ETS auctioning proposal likely to be delayed IEA examines emissions reduction in the cement industry EU to approve recovery funding for CCS and wind Irish Parliament adopts carbon tax for non-ETS sectors Copenhagen climate change conference ends in non-binding agreement Agreement on sectoral approaches slipping away ACEI issues open letter on EU follow up to Copenhagen Commission communication on biodiversity Commission rejects air quality extension requests Binding sustainability criteria for biomass dropped Political agreement on EPBD proposal reached in Energy Council CEMBUREAU attends construction information platform Steering Group meeting European re-building forum to be held in Brussels REACH Annex II on SDS: proposed revision sent to European Parliament CEMBUREAU selected to participate in REACH partner expert groups REACH Annex V draft guidance sent to CARACAL Commission preliminary findings on REACH infringements REACH consortium approves flue dust tests ECHA releases REACH Technical Completeness check plug-in Guidance on co-processing waste in cement kilns released End-of-waste criteria technical adaptation committee to meet in March JRC end-of-waste reports on steel and aluminium scrap published Commission regulation on animal by-products being drafted CEMBUREAU focus on biodiversity CEMBUREAU launches new website CEMBUREAU responds to Commission consultation on EU 2020 Strategy Barroso outlines priorities for commissioners designate CEMBUREAU joins ECRA Advisory Board

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CEMBUREAU launches new website

Welcome to the new CEMBUREAU website!

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NOx & SO2 trading - CEMBUREAU position on Entec study

Brussels, 8 March 2010 - CEMBUREAU position on the Entec study “Assessment of the possible development of an EU-wide NOx and SO2 trading scheme for IPPC installations”

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Carbon Tax: the French case raises EU concerns

January 2010 - The ambitious target of the French government to implement a CO2 (carbon) tax from 1 January 2010 has been thwarted by the Constitutional Council ruling that the proposed tax would infringe the principle of equality before public charges and, as such, be unconstitutional.