Too much harmonization? An analysis of the Commission's proposal to amend the EU ETS from the perspective of legal principles

Climate Change and European Emissions Trading: Lessons for Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-87

  De Cendra De Larragán, Javier ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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