Our main messages:
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Simplify the EU ETS by phasing out free allocation
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Aviation: put a seat belt on EUA supply
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Free allocation: switch from process to products
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Link indirect cost compensation to carbon-free electricity only
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Reform the Innovation Fund to:
– Better assess the carbon footprint of electricity use
– Reserve grants to technology risk
– Reserve scale-up subsidies to poorly capitalised sectors -
Market Stability Reserve: reduce the reinjection rate as well as thresholds
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Keep carbon removals out of the ETS
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Do not shift CCU carbon accounting down value chains
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Limit linking with other ETS
Read our responses on the European Commission’s website:
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