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Heads of state set ambitious climate target with measures to preserve industrial competitiveness, growth and jobs

Globally competing industries will be safeguarded from additional costsat best performance level #EUCO 23-24 October 2014 On 24 October 2014, the EU heads of state and government agreed on an ambitiousEuropean energy and climate policy framework for the period 2020 to 2030, including a CO2 emission reduction targetof 43% by 2030 compared to 2005 …

Energy and Environmental State Aid: New guidelines offer only limited protection from increases in electricity prices

“We appreciate the aim of the guidelines that the energy intensive industry, such as steel industry should be protected from artificial increase in electricity prices due to support offered to preferred energy generation technologies”, Gordon Moffat comments on the adoption of the new guidelines for energy and environmental state aid today by the European Commission …