Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 3 October 2013 — European Commission v Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Slovak Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Case C-267/11 P) (1)

(Appeals - Integrated pollution prevention and control - Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system - Allocation of allowances for the Republic of Latvia - Period from 2008 to 2012)

2013/C 344/07

Language of the case: Latvian

Parties

Appellant: European Commission (represented by: I. Rubene and E. White, acting as Agents)

Other parties to the proceedings: Republic of Latvia (represented by: I. Kalniņš, acting as Agent), Republic of Lithuania, Slovak Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Intervener in support of Republic of Latvia: Czech Republic (represented by: M. Smolek and D. Hadroušek, acting as Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 March 2011 in Case T-369/07 Latvia v Commission, by which the General Court annulled Commission Decision C(2007) 3409, of 13 July 2007, on the amendment of the national plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances notified by the Republic of Latvia for the period from 2008 to 2012, under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ 2003 L 275, p. 32) — Misinterpretation of the procedure provided for in Article 9(3) of the directive — Erroneous application of the three-month time limit, laid down for initial decisions on new notified national allocation plans for greenhouse gas emission allowances (NAP), to a Commission decision accepting amendments to an NAP notified following a decision on the part of the Commission to reject the initial NAP

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 226, 30.7.2011.