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Document 62019CA0092

Case C-92/19: Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Burgo Group SpA v Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Promotion of cogeneration — Provision of national law establishing a support scheme — Scheme supporting non-high-efficiency cogeneration plants extended beyond 31 December 2010)

OJ C 423, 7.12.2020, p. 5–6 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

7.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 423/5


Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 17 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Burgo Group SpA v Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE

(Case C-92/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Promotion of cogeneration - Provision of national law establishing a support scheme - Scheme supporting non-high-efficiency cogeneration plants extended beyond 31 December 2010)

(2020/C 423/07)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Burgo Group SpA

Defendant: Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA — GSE

Interveners: Ministero dello Sviluppo economico, Autorità per l’Energia elettrica e il Gas

Operative part of the judgment

Article 12(3) of Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC must be interpreted as not precluding a provision of national law which allows cogeneration plants which are not high-efficiency cogeneration plants within the meaning of that directive to continue to be eligible, even after 31 December 2010, for a cogeneration support scheme under which they are, inter alia, exempt from the obligation to purchase green certificates.


(1)  OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.


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