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Document 62017TN0451
Case T-451/17: Action brought on 20 July 2017 — Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie v Commission
Case T-451/17: Action brought on 20 July 2017 — Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie v Commission
Case T-451/17: Action brought on 20 July 2017 — Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie v Commission
OJ C 318, 25.9.2017, p. 15–16
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
25.9.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 318/15 |
Action brought on 20 July 2017 — Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie v Commission
(Case T-451/17)
(2017/C 318/21)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie e.V. (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: R. Stein, P. Friton and H.-J. Prieß, lawyers)
Defendant: European Commission
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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annul the Commission Communication under register number BK/abd/ener.c.1(2017)2122195, insofar as it prescribes on page 5 the use of an emissions factor of 99,57 g CO2eq per MJ of methanol for the calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel; and |
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order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
In support of the action, the applicant relies on two pleas in law.
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First plea in law: infringement of Directive 2009/28/EC (1) by reason of deviation from the specified calculation methodology
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Second plea in law: infringement of the EU-law principles of proportionality, legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations by the setting of an unreasonably short transitional period, expiring on 1 September 2017, for the certification systems to implement the calculation methodology which is contrary to the directive
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(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) Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (OJ 1999 L 184, p. 23).