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ANALYSIS: Attention on EU ETS reform turns to Market Stability Reserve as experts anticipate moderate changes

Published 14:49 on March 24, 2026 / Last updated at 16:29 on March 24, 2026 / , and / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Analysis)

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The European Commission’s upcoming plans to ease prices in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) are unlikely to fundamentally change how the bloc’s carbon market works and will likely include scrapping the automatic cancellation rule in its supply-balancing Market Stability Reserve (MSR), experts told Carbon Pulse.
The European Commission’s upcoming plans to ease prices in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) are unlikely to fundamentally change how the bloc’s carbon market works and will likely include scrapping the automatic cancellation rule in its supply-balancing Market Stability Reserve (MSR), experts told Carbon Pulse.


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