On August 17, 2007, the government of Lithuania formally decided to take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over reduced co2 emission allowances (carbon quota) for the next carbon trading period of 2008-2012. With this, it becomes the seventh country from eastern Europe to take legal action against the eu executive.
Earlier, Lithuania's Baltic neighbours and eastern countries Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia decided to take action against the commission over carbon quotas, which, they say is too restrictive for their growing economies.
In 2005, the eu set up an emissions trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the Kyoto protocol. In the first phase of trading
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/eastern-europe-feels-cheated-carbon-quotas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kyoto-protocol
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/emissions-trading
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossil-fuels
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lithuania
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/statistics
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
