BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive Commission has proposed banning from 2013 the most common types of carbon offsets, mostly from India and China, in order to boost money flowing to offset projects in the poorest countries.
The Commission proposed that from Jan. 1, 2013 the EU should exclude from its Emissions Trading Scheme offset credits from HFC 23 and nitrous oxide credits from adipic acid production, it said in a statement on Thursday.
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