resolut consult committe european coal steel commun commiss commun council commun strategi limit carbon dioxyd emiss improv energi effici energi tax unanim adopt session april abstent consult committe european coal steel commun note strategi propos commiss abovement commun council heard explan comment repres commiss session januari understood commiss prepar document subject wish view urgenc express point view time await opportun debat element introduc document prepar intern negoti point view consult committe share concern commiss regard risk futur gener expos result concentr atmospher greenhous gase recal consider degre uncertainti doubt surround consequ increas greenhous effect remain matter scientif debat reason insur type measur account uncertainti prioriti improv knowledg phenomenon recal issu global problem stress work univers strategi human activ affect climat gener problem solv unilater european commun europ account global emiss rest divid unit state america japan countri eastern europ rest world unit state japan hostil principl taxat clear futur increas carbon ga emiss essenti develop countri eastern european countri unrealist envisag taxat answer unit state challeng remain clean coal technolog recal steel sector subject worldwid competit european market total open undertak countri respect rule market economi ecsc sector undertak bear addit charg ecsc levi undertak countri pai stress inevit loss competit employ european economi result decis reloc favour industri industri countri envisag similar form taxat transfer activ favour countri anti pollut regul relax medium term result increas greenhous effect word result opposit intend type tax note calcul present commiss lead price increas coal price vehicl fuel increas take consider type raw materi energi steel industri oblig increas repres threat endang viabil steel sector commun draw attent commiss fact main market coal shift increasingli power plant impact envisag tax type fuel deem unaccept coal industri gener european coal industri recal revenu neutral tax desir commiss practic problem tend increas tax discrep member state reduc addit take account theoret neutral exempt provid tax eventu hit harder low incom consum commun enterpris encount insurmount practic difficulti view amount involv undergo loss competit stress fact tax disturb balanc energi sourc adjust member state energi polici creat unaccept distort competit member state steel industri propos tax discriminatori effect depend process steel make integr electr arc carbon indispens reduc agent act iron or emphas introduct energi tax imbal fuel damag commun secur suppli slow indispens decis invest clean effici util solid fuel recal product coal commun drastic reduc reduct consequ reduct emiss coal energi sourc contribut object stabil emiss desir commiss year past year steel industri reduc energi consumpt tonn roll product order remain competit continu measur view optim energi effici tax measur requir achiev object year emiss steel industri consider reduc expect increas electr arc process request commiss examin draft energi tax replac commun action programm aim reduc emiss greenhous gase urg commiss make research programm clean coal util iron steel industri power plant receiv financi support coal produc consum countri benefit result research aim improv environ gener improv energi effici context commiss plai lead role dissemin research result express full agreement commiss object maastricht treati provid strengthen competit undertak essenti condit order maintain europ vanguard fight pollut consult committe matter concern believ fight pollut pursu mean measur improv energi effici preserv forest worldwid econom compens world countri accept protect forest rapid develop clean coal technolog coal remain essenti welfar europ world pollut manner effici method protect environ long term basi