EU Carbon Plan Overhaul Will Need Qualified Majority Backing

A potential overhaul of the European Union’s emissions-trading system will require qualified-majority backing from national governments, according to an official at the EU’s regulatory arm.

Any draft measure in the future to introduce changes to the carbon program design would be considered in an ordinary legislative procedure, which doesn’t need unanimity, Piotr Plizga, a policy officer at the European Commission’s climate department, told a conference in Warsaw today.