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Another accolade has headed our way this week – and even better as this time it was totally out of the blue.
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Need to reform the EU ETS framework - Glass Alliance Europe welcomes the launch of the discussions on the reform of the EU ETS post 2020 with the European Commission proposal of 15 July 2015.
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