Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Schaefer Kalk GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Case C-460/15) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union - Directive 2003/87/EC - Monitoring plan - Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 - Article 49(1) and point 10 of Annex IV - Calculation of the emissions of an installation - Subtraction of carbon dioxide (CO2) transferred - Exclusion of CO2 used in the production of precipitated calcium carbonate - Legality of the exclusion))

(2017/C 070/08)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Schaefer Kalk GmbH & Co. KG

Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Operative part of the judgment

The second sentence of Article 49(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and point 10(B) of Annex IV to that regulation are invalid in so far as they systematically include the carbon dioxide (CO2) transferred to another installation for the production of precipitated calcium carbonate in the emissions of the lime combustion installation, regardless of whether or not that CO2 is released into the atmosphere.

(1)  OJ C 389, 23.11.2015.