Overall provisional cap for 2013 emissions under ETS established

Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial installations included in the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETSⁱ) will be provisionally capped at just under 1.927Bt in 2013, the first year of the 2013-2020 trading period. This figure excludes new sectors, such as aluminium, and new gases, such as nitrous oxide, which will be added to the EU ETS in 2013. A revised cap based on emissions data on new entrants will be published in September, and a final cap may not be available before 2013.

The Commission Decision is available here:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/pdf/dec_4658.pdf