EU to increase CER import limit to 50%
欧盟将CER的进口限额提高到50%
The EU will let companies meet half of their emission cuts by buying UN carbon credits.
欧盟将允许公司使用联合国碳信用额来满足其一半的排放削减量。
According to sources close to EU negotiations, the bloc’s council and the parliament agreed this week to let installations covered by its emissions trading scheme import carbon credits to meet 50 per cent of required cuts from 2008 through 2020.
据与欧盟谈判关系密切的知情人士透露，欧盟委员会和议会于本周同意各个公司在2008到2020年通过排放贸易计划进口碳信用额来满足其50%的减排要求。
The move will increase the number of carbon credits that can be imported into the scheme by around 10 per cent to 1.5 billion, according to Point Carbon analyst forecasts.
根据碳点的分析员预测，这个举动将会增加可能进口到排放贸易计划中10%的碳信用额的数量，达到15亿吨。
“There seems to be some agreement in council now that not more than 50 per cent of the reduction should be met through the use of offset credits,” according to Tomas Wyns, an official with green group CAN Europe.
来自绿色环保团体欧洲气候行动网络的Tomas Wyns说，“看起来现在委员会中有一些协议规定，至多50%的减排应该通过使用可抵消的碳信用额来实现。”
Allocation method
分配方法
But while the overall import limit has been set, the debate over how to allocate the import limits between industry sectors in different member states is ongoing.
但是尽管全部的进口限额已经设定了，关于怎样在不同国家的工业部门分配这些限额的争论正在进行中。
The council has proposed that all companies be set an import limit of at least 11 per cent.
委员会建议，所有的公司应设定至少为11%的进口限额。
However, companies that had a bigger import limit, such as Germany with 20 per cent, in the second phase of the scheme will get to keep that limit in the third, which runs from 2012 through 2020.
然而，对于那些已经有比较大的进口限额的公司，如在排放贸易计划的二期中德国拥有20%，在排放贸易计划第三期将会保持这个限额不变，第三期的时间是从2012年到2020年。
In addition, the UK is lobbying for a proviso that could boost an installation’s limit if it had a relatively low cap and a low import limit in the second phase.
另外，英国正试图为一个附加条款而游说，这个附加条款中，如果公司在排放贸易体系的第二个阶段中拥有相对低的限额和低的进口限额，可以提高它们的限额。
“The main beneficiary of this is likely to be UK power companies,” said Stig Schjolset, senior analyst with Point Carbon.
碳点的高级分析员Stig Schjolset说：“这个最可能让英国的电力公司受益。”
Quality credits
优质的碳信用额
A parliament proposal to place quality restrictions on the type of UN credits that can be imported is likely to survive the negotiations with the council, according to policy analysts.
据政策分析者说，议会的一个建议是给可能进口的联合国碳信用额设置质量管制，这可能会挽救和委员会的谈判。
But the actual definition of what qualifies has still not been outlined.
但是对品质的实质性的定义还没有任何的概念。
“It seems likely they will leave this up to comitology (a committee) to define this exactly,” said Sanjeev Kumar.
Sanjeev Kumar说：“看起来他们可能会把这个问题留给一个委员会来精确地界定。”
“This might be an issue where the council will have to compromise with the parliament,” Schjolset said
Schjolset说：“这可能会导致一个问题：委员会将会怎样和议会妥协？”
Auctioning
拍卖
The debate over auctioning also appears to have made some progress as well with the parliament and the council believed to be close to agreeing to let some countries allocate power companies free allowances.
关于拍卖的争论看起来也取得了一些进展，同时议会和委员会几乎同意允许一些国家给电力公司分配免费的配额。
The council is proposing to let countries that source over 60 per cent of electricity from coal-fired power stations will be allowed to freely allocate allowances up to half of their expected need.
议会建议，允许那些从煤炭发电站获得60%电力的国家免费获得分配的配额，达到它们预计所需的一半的量。
“If this is what it takes to get the reluctant member states onboard, then I don’t think the parliament will have a problem with it,” Schjolset said.
Schjolset说：“如果这个是用来获得那些不情愿的国家的支持，那我认为议会会支持这个建议。”
CCS
碳捕捉和储存
The EU also wants to look at how to finance technology that captures carbon dioxide from power stations and oil refineries and store it underground.
欧盟也想看看如何对发电站和石油精炼厂中捕捉出二氧化碳并将其存入地下的技术进行融资，
The parliament proposed to finance the technology through earmarking 500 million EU allowances from a reserve set aside for new entrants to the scheme.
议会建议，准备从预留给排放贸易体系新加入者的欧盟津贴中指定5亿给这个技术融资。
The council position is unclear, but is believed to be looking at a much lower volume, somewhere in the region of 100-200 million.
委员会的立场还不确定，但是相信会看到非常小的数量，地区的某些地方只有1-2亿吨。
A compromise could end up at around 350 million, according to sources.
据知情人士透露，最终的折中将会是3.5亿吨左右。
