Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 8 August 2023 — Tiberis Holding Srl v Gestore dei servizi energetici (GSE) SpA and Others

(Case C-514/23, Tiberis Holding)

(C/2023/505)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Tiberis Holding Srl

Defendants: Gestore dei servizi energetici (GSE) SpA, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’ambiente e della sicurezza energetica

Question referred

Do the principles set out in Article 3 of Directive 2009/28/EC (1) and Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (2) preclude or not preclude national legislation which, in the context of a national incentive scheme, provides, in situations where producers sell energy on the free market, for an incentive tariff that guarantees a minimum price, which is at the same time also a maximum price, by virtue of an adjustment/reimbursement mechanism for sums exceeding the value of the incentive where the market price is higher than the latter (the so-called negative incentive), and, moreover, applies the adjustment mechanism only where the producer selling energy on the free market accesses the incentive by registering in the relevant register and not also where it accesses it by participating in an auction procedure?

(1)  Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ 2009 L 140, p. 16).

(2)  Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (OJ 2018 L 328, p. 82).