Case C-364/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 4 June 2018 — Eni SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia (Italy) lodged on 4 June 2018 — Eni SpA v Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

(Case C-364/18)

Referring court

Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per la Lombardia

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Eni SpA

Defendants: Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze

Question referred

Do Article 6(1) and the sixth recital of Directive 94/22/EC ( 1 ) preclude national legislation, in particular Article 19(5-bis) of Legislative Decree No 625 of 1996, which, by reason of the interpretation provided by the Consiglio di Stato in judgment No 290/2018, allows the imposition, in the context of the payment of royalties, of the QE (energy share) parameter, based on the listed prices of oil and other fuels, rather than on the basis of the PFOR index, which is pegged to the price of gas on the short-term market?

( 1 ) Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (OJ 1994 L 164, p. 3).