London, 19 January 2011

Paris-based Bluenext said Wednesday it has “desynchronized” its exchange amid EUA theft. The bourse, which is one of the biggest exchanges in Europe for carbon trade, said it has suspended delivery and payments of carbon credits while it implements security measures.

“We desynchronised the market at 9:48am GMT this morning. This means that while a trade can be made, neither delivery nor payment can happen,” a spokesman with the exchange said by email. “We will be implementing further safe-harbour measures shortly,” he added.

The move to halt full trading operations comes as five countries shuttered their national registries amid news that 475,000 EU allowances had been stolen from the Czech carbon registry.

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