Case C-203/12

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 17 October 2013. Billerud Karlsborg AB and Billerud Skärblacka AB v Naturvårdsverket. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Penalty for excess emissions — Concept of excess emission — Equated with infringement of the obligation to surrender, within the time periods prescribed by the directive, a sufficient number of allowances to cover the emissions from the previous year — No exculpatory cause in the event of actual holding of non-surrendered allowances, unless force majeure — No possibility of varying the amount of the penalty — Proportionality. Case C‑203/12.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2013:664
Judge-Rapporteur: Bonichot
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

Summary

14/12/2013

Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 17 October 2013. Billerud Karlsborg AB and Billerud Skärblacka AB v Naturvårdsverket. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Penalty for excess emissions — Concept of excess emission — Equated with infringement of the obligation to surrender, within the time periods prescribed by the directive, a sufficient number of allowances to cover the emissions from the previous year — No exculpatory cause in the event of actual holding of non-surrendered allowances, unless force majeure — No possibility of varying the amount of the penalty — Proportionality. Case C‑203/12.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2013:664
Judge-Rapporteur: Bonichot
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling

17/10/2013

Title: Opinion of Mr Advocate General Mengozzi delivered on 16 May 2013. Billerud Karlsborg AB and Billerud Skärblacka AB v Naturvårdsverket. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Högsta domstolen - Sweden. Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Penalty for excess emissions - Concept of excess emission - Equated with infringement of the obligation to surrender, within the time periods prescribed by the directive, a sufficient number of allowances to cover the emissions from the previous year - No exculpatory cause in the event of actual holding of non-surrendered allowances, unless force majeure - No possibility of varying the amount of the penalty - Proportionality. Case C-203/12.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2013:320
Advocate General: Mengozzi

16/05/2013

Title: Case C-203/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 30 April 2012 — Billerud Karlsborg Aktiebolag, Billerud Skärblacka Aktiebolag v Naturvårdsverket

23/06/2012