However, when it came to sharing the burden of emissions reduction among EU member states, the European Commission proposed in January 2008 to change the base year from 1990 to 2005. This approach – endorsed as a basis for negotiation in the recent EU Council – amounted to allowing some member states not to fulfill their supposedly binding Kyoto burden-sharing targets.
但是，当要在欧盟成员国之间分担排放量削减份额的时候，欧洲委员会在2008一月份提议将基准年从1990年改为2005年。这个方案－在最近的欧盟理事会上被作为谈判的基础通过－总体上允许一些成员国可以不履行它们按理应当履行的京都议定书排放量分担目标。