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Spain has to submit by August their distribution of gas emission quotas
07/06/2004
on June 7, 2004
The European Commissioner for environment, Margot Wallstrom, reiterated that Spain has until August to present his plan for the allocation of quotas of greenhouse gas emissions, in order to implement the emissions market in the European Union as of January 1, 2005, within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol.
Press Conference on the occasion of the "Green Week" organised by the European Commission, Wallstrom stressed that it is waiting for the performance of the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. The new Socialist Executive indicated its intention to present the plan at the beginning of the month of July, and thus avoid the procedure for infringement of the European Commission in May.
Wallstrom is necessary to save energy, but protecting the environment, in addition to complying with the commitments contained in the Kyoto Protocol on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. In this regard, indicated that it expected that United States a to the Kyoto agreements because the third issuing country of gases in the world and, thus, is reduce pollution and the consequences of the greenhouse effect.
