The European Union’s second highest court on Thursday dismissed a Polish challenge against the European Commission over the allocation of free carbon permits to energy-intensive industry.
Poland has argued that the rules for free allocation of CO2 permits do not take into account its particular situation as an emerging eastern European economy with a heavy reliance on coal.
The General Court in Luxembourg disagreed.
“The Court rejects Poland’s argument that the contested decision would decrease the competitiveness of companies in member states whose production is linked mainly to coal as a fuel,” the court said in a statement.
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