HELSINKI - Finland's carbon dioxide emissions were lower last year than its allowance in the first phase of the European Union's emissions trading scheme, a Trade and Industry Ministry official said on Friday.
"That's correct, but we are not going to publish the data until May 15," ministry counsellor Paivi Janka told Reuters, when asked if Finland's CO2 output in 2005 was below its quota. "The basic message is right, but we have ... decided we are not going to publish the figures until that date."
Several European countries last week announced lower than expected carbon emissions in 2005, showing companies had used fewer rights to pollute than they were allocated. That stoked a carbon credit price dive, slashing the cost to industry of polluting.
To avoid further disruption to the market from such announcements, the European Commission has asked remaining EU states not to disclose their 2005 emissions until May 15, when it plans to release a report.
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