In summer 2004, the levels of ground-level ozone were high in southern Europe with widespread exceedances of the … information threshold value (180 µg/m3), as laid down in the ozone directive (2002/3/EC). The exceedances of the information … directive's long-term objective to protect human health, 120 µg/m3 of ozone concentration over 8 hours, was extensively exceeded …

environmental policy-item in 2009: the regulation 443/2009 setting carbon dioxide emission performance standards for new passenger … Umweltpolitik der vergangenen Jahre: Die Verordnung 443/2009 zur Verringerung der CO2-Emissionen von Personenkraftwagen. Im …

This literature review analyses the impacts of the EU ETS on competitiveness focussing on existing simulation studies … the EU ETS are smaller than the impacts of alternative Kyoto-based regulation scenarios. Compared to these other … regulation methods ETSs can have positive competitiveness effects. However, the EU ETS is not designed to boost Europe’s economy …

emission taxes and emissions trading in qualitative and quantitative terms within a partial equilibrium framework for the EU …Energy markets and energy-intensive industries in all EU member states especially in Germany are subject to a diverse …. It turns out that those firms within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) which at the same time are subject to …

program. As the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) covers only part of domestic carbon emissions, it implies a hybrid … environmental regulation scheme: Each EU Member State must specify additional domestic abatement policies for the sectors that are … not covered by the emissions trading scheme in order to meet its emissions budget under the EU Burden Sharing Agreement …