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Draft EU summit statement calls for ETS reform proposal by July “at the latest”

Published 10:46 on March 19, 2026 / Last updated at 11:35 on March 19, 2026 / , and / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe)

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War in the Middle East is dominating talks on industrial competitiveness at an EU summit opening Thursday, with a draft leaders’ statement calling for planned reform of the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) to be presented “by July 2026 at the latest”, as well as urging near-term energy price containment measures.
War in the Middle East is dominating talks on industrial competitiveness at an EU summit opening Thursday, with a draft leaders’ statement calling for planned reform of the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS) to be presented “by July 2026 at the latest”, as well as urging near-term energy price containment measures.


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