Bulgaria to Rush Greenhouse Emissions Plan

Politics » BULGARIA IN EU | March 23, 2007, Friday // 00:00

Following news reports that EC was taking legal action against six member states, including Bulgaria, for failing to provide information about greenhouse emissions, the country has decided to act quickly.

The Council of Ministers will accept the second plan for distributing the quotas for the emission in the 2008-2012 period, Environment Minister Dzhevdet Chakarov said.

He added that Bulgaria hasn't received any warnings by the EU yet, and vowed that the report will be sent in time. Chakarov promised that the need for sanctioning Bulgaria over this wouldn't arise.

Bulgaria should first receive a written warning from the EC for failing to provide Р° complete annual report on its progress in limiting or cutting greenhouse gas emissions, due on 15 January of this year, same as Malta, Italy and Luxembourg.

Malta is being sent a final written warning since it has yet to provide the report that was due on 15 January 2006, the Commission said.

Three EU countries have not provided a complete set of the technical information that is needed for establishing their permitted emission level in tonnes - their 'assigned amount' - under the Kyoto Protocol.

A Commission decision required the old EU member states to provide this data last year.

Despite a final warning in December, Luxembourg has failed to provide all the necessary information and will now be taken to the European Court of Justice. Estonia and Greece will receive final warning letters on the same grounds.

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