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Reduced interest-loans for investing in 'green' products in Germany approved

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • September 9 2009

German businesses that are investing in the production of environmentally-friendly products can be offered loans at a lower rate of interest during the current economic crisis

EIB and World Bank launch carbon fund for Europe

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • March 30 2007

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank have launched the Carbon Fund for Europe (CFE) as a trust fund

European financial institutions to start Carbon Credit Fund

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • European Union
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  • April 30 2008

A post-2012 Carbon Credit Fund has been formed by five European financial institutions

EP reports on tackling the crises

  • Dentons
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  • European Union
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  • April 23 2010

In a report on tackling the tax, finance and climate crises, the European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies identifies a need for urgent measures to deal with monitoring systemic risk, reducing it where possible and planning for contingencies

Europe daily news - Wednesday 09 June 2010

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 9 2010

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMPM.5873 - AdventDFS Furniture Company

Renewable supports, public grants and State Aid

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • August 3 2011

It has recently been announced by Defra that a £10 million fund will be made available to developers of Anaerobic Digestion in England

Preview of 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 12 2012

2012 will herald some significant changes to the legal arena, notably in the corporate area in relation to the Prospectus Directive, board diversity and corporate governance and reporting; in dispute resolution in relation to the Government's reforms to the civil litigation costs and funding regime; and in energy, real estate and construction areas where there are major changes to the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme, changes to the energy performance certificates regime; and also the establishment of the Green Investment Bank

Green financial aid to European car makers

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • November 21 2008

European policy makers appear to be viewing positively the request from European car manufacturers for EUR 40 billion in loans to develop green technologies

UBS report could spell the end of the EU-ETS

  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 16 2011

According to a recent article in The Australian, “Europe’s $287bn Carbon ‘waste’: UBS report,” Swiss banking giant UBS reported that the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme has cost the continent’s consumers $287 billion in exchange for a negligible impact on cutting carbon emissions, and as a result its carbon trading market is on the verge of collapse

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas