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EnviMin Plumb: Romania will have to carry over its surplus of assigned amount units
Romania's Minister of the Environment and Forestry Rovana Plumb asked a meeting in Brussels of the European Union's Environmental Council to allow Romania to carry over its surplus of assigned amount units.
' Romania's national reserve of assigned amount units as well as the substantial cut in the greenhouse gas emissions are the result of a difficult transition that had painful economic and social effects,' said Plumb.
Romania's Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (MMP) reports that Plumb also addressed the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on ship recycling, mentioning that Romania is in favour of a quick implementation of the Hong Kong Convention and, implicitly, the approval of the regulation on ship recycling.
'We are aware of the environmental problems posed to third countries by the recycling installations of ships from the use of inadequate ships. Yet, it is important for the measures we pass not to lead to increased risks of ships changing flags,' said Plumb.
She also said that the revision of the Strategy of the European Union for Sustainable Development is one of the concrete action ways of the European Union and that should be achieved as son as possible.
The Environmental Council of the European Union convened in a meeting on Thursday attended by the environmental ministers of the EU member states.
At the meeting, the Cyprus Presidency of the European Union held a debate on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on ship recycling, as well as a debate on the conclusions of the Rio+20 Council, the results of the 2012 UN Conference on sustainable development and its follow-up of June 20-22 in Brazil, for adoption.
The meeting was also expected to adopt the conclusions on the preparations for the sessions of the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 8th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP8), to be held in Doha, Qatar November 26- December 7, 2012.
Romania currently has 300 million green certificates for trading.
This July, Romania received an approval from the European Commission for the assignment of 71.4 million greenhouse gas emissions certificates for free to electricity producers in 2013-2020.
The European Commission gave a favourable reply to Romania's application of September 30, 2011 submitted by the Romanian Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Milieu for Romania to continue to receive free assigned units for its electricity producers in 2013-2019.