QUEBEC AND CALIFORNIA WILL HOLD A FIFTH JOINT CAP-AND-TRADE EMISSIONS UNITS AUCTION ON NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Québec, September 18, 2015 – The Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MDDELCC), and the California Air Ressources Board (ARB), announced today that the fifth joint carbon market auction will be held on November 17, 2015.

The publication of the Auction Notice, which includes the number of emissions units for sale, minimum prices, and application requirements, marks the beginning of the application period. The application period closes on October 19, 2015.

The Auction Notice is available on the MDDELCC’s website: http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/changements/carbone/index-en.htm

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Guillaume Bérubé

Press Officer

Cabinet of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change

Media Relations

Ministère du Développement durable,

de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre

les changements climatiques