The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is urging the EU to rethink the package to amend the scheme, due to be voted on by the European Parliament Climate Change Committee on 19 June.

Simone Ruiz, EU policy director for the IETA, welcomes the European Commission (EC) proposal to tighten carbon trading rules and upgrade security in the wake of the theft of more than three million emissions allowances (EUAs) from national registries in January.

But