1. 

Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Questions identical to those already answered in the case-law — Application of Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure (Art. 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 99) (see paras 11-13)

2. 

Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Identification of the relevant aspects of EU law — Reformulation of the questions (Art. 267 TFEU) (see para. 15)

3. 

Environment — Atmospheric pollution — Directive 2003/87 — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Transitional regime for free allocation of quotas — Method of allocation — Calculation on the basis of the maximum annual amount of such allowances to be allocated — Taking account, when determining that amount, of the emissions of electricity generators — Not permissible (European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/87, Art. 10a(3) and (5); Commission Decision 2011/278, Art. 15(3) (see paras 16-23, operative part 1)

4. 

Environment — Atmospheric pollution — Directive 2003/87 — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Transitional regime for free allocation of quotas — Method of allocation — Calculation on the basis of the maximum annual amount of such allowances to be allocated — Taking account, when determining that amount, of the emissions of installation covered by the allowance exchange system prior to 2013 — Not permissible (European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/87, Art. 10a(5), first para., (b), and Annex I; Commission Decision 2013/448, Art. 4 and Annex II) (see paras 25, 26, operative part 2)

5. 

Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of validity — Declaration of invalidity of the provisions of a Commission decision concerning the correction factor applied by the Member States in order to determine the amount of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be allocated free of charge — Effects — Temporal limitation (Arts 264, second para., TFEU and 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/87; Commission Decision 2013/448, Art. 4 and Annex II) (see para. 27, operative part 3)

1. 

Examination of the first and second questions has not revealed any factor capable of affecting the validity of Article 15(3) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council inasmuch as that provision excludes the taking into account of the emissions of electricity generators for the purpose of determining the maximum annual amount of allowances.

2. 

Article 4 of, and Annex II to, Commission Decision 2013/448/EU of 5 September 2013 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council are invalid.

3. 

The effects of the declaration of invalidity of Article 4 of, and Annex II to, Decision 2013/448 shall be limited in time in such a way, first, that that declaration shall take effect only at the end of a period of ten months from the date of delivery of the judgment of 28 April 2016, Borealis Polyolefine and Others (C‑191/14, C‑192/14, C–295/14, C–389/14 and C–391/14 to C–393/14, EU:C:2016:311), in order to allow the European Commission to proceed with the adoption of the necessary measures and, secondly, that the measures adopted up to that point on the basis of the provisions declared invalid cannot be brought into question.