The purpose of this report is to provide a proposal for how the Emissions Trading Scheme should be developed after 2012. The aim is to construct a system that helps to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases (maintaining climate integrity), that assists measures being taken where they are cheapest (cost-efficiency), that is accepted by parties concerned and by the general public (confidence-inspiring), and which does not adversely affect the competitiveness of business or industry (competition-neutral).

The Agencies’ recommendations for Sweden’s positions concerning development of the Scheme after 2012 are based on an extensive analysis, expressed in seven parts: the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and its long-term objectives (Chapter 3), the links between the Scheme and other systems (Chapter 4), the scope of the Scheme (Chapter 5), the allocation of emission rights (Chapter 6), operation of the emissions trading market (Chapter 7) and the effect of the EU ETS on industry (Chapter 8).