Key elements of the European Union (EU) textile and clothing industry are likely to be exempt from the EU's plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013 for a number of other industries.
The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules, which included textiles.
Under the list released on September 18, selected industries would have free carbon credits from 2013 to 2020; pollution permits would be capped at the 2007-08 levels of the most efficient 10 per cent of companies in a particular sector.
Clothing and textile industry sub-sectors receiving this treatment include manufacturers of cotton, wool, silk and flax-type fibres, the manufacture of starch products and dyes, and the manufactures of underwear, knitted and crocheted clothing and other apparel among others.
Brussels will review the list for final approval by the New Year, adding or removing some industries. This would follow December's UN Copenhagen conference and its hoped-for international climate change agreement.
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EU textile industry exempt from carbon trading plans
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