Nov 26, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Vernacare, a British medical pulp manufacturer using recycled paper, is calling on the British government to modify planned changes to the European Union's Carbon Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). According to the company, jobs in the UK could be put in peril if plans to end 'free allowances' of carbon dioxide emission rights under EU ETS are implemented in five years. Under the current phase of the EU ETS, energy intensive companies across Europe are allocated free carbon emissions allowances, usually under the level of the actual CO2 emissions. There are now plans to phase out free allocations from 2013 to 2020, meaning that Europe's energy intensive industries, such as paper and pulp makers, will have to purchase all their units and pay for every tonne of CO2 they emit. According to Karen Haslam, chief executive of Vernacare, an energy intensive business such as Vernacare will inevitably be affected by changes to the EU ETS.