Slovakia: Environmental Law

The 2011-12 tax on emission allowances has been suspended until the Constitutional Court rules on its constitutionality.

The fight against global climate change reached the next level this February when the Kyoto Protocol came into effect. Under the international treaty, the European community agreed to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8 percent below its 1990 levels starting in 2008. One of the elements of the EU's combat strategy in this environmental effort is emissions trading.