Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 9 May 2023 — ENGIE Deutschland GmbH v Landesregulierungsbehörde beim Sächsischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr

(Case C-293/23, ENGIE Deutschland)

(2023/C 286/24)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: ENGIE Deutschland GmbH

Defendant: Landesregulierungsbehörde beim Sächsischen Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr

Other parties to the proceedings: Zwickauer Energieversorgung GmbH, Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen

Question referred

Do Article 2(28) and (29) and Article 30 et seq. of Directive 2019/944 (1) preclude a provision such as Paragraph 3(24a) in conjunction with Paragraph 3(16) of the Gesetz über die Elektrizitäts- und Gasversorgung (Law on electricity and gas supply (; ‘the EnWG’), according to which the operator of an energy facility for the supply of energy is not subject to the obligations of a distribution system operator if it constructs and operates the energy facility instead of the existing distribution system in order to supply, by means of electricity generated in a combined heat and power plant, several blocks of flats with up to 200 rented residential units and with an annual quantity of transmitted energy of up to 1 000 MWh, with the costs of the construction and operation of the energy facility being borne by the end consumers (tenants) as part of a standard monthly basic fee payable for the heat supplied and the operator sells the electricity generated to the tenants?

(1)  Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ 2019 L 158, p. 125).