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Document 62019CA0320
Case C-320/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Ingredion Germany GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — Article 3(h) — New entrants — Article 10a — Transitional rules for free allocation of emission allowances — Decision 2011/278/EU — Article 18(1)(c) — Fuel-related activity level — Second subparagraph of Article 18(2) — Relevant capacity utilisation factor)
Case C-320/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Ingredion Germany GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — Article 3(h) — New entrants — Article 10a — Transitional rules for free allocation of emission allowances — Decision 2011/278/EU — Article 18(1)(c) — Fuel-related activity level — Second subparagraph of Article 18(2) — Relevant capacity utilisation factor)
Case C-320/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Ingredion Germany GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — Article 3(h) — New entrants — Article 10a — Transitional rules for free allocation of emission allowances — Decision 2011/278/EU — Article 18(1)(c) — Fuel-related activity level — Second subparagraph of Article 18(2) — Relevant capacity utilisation factor)
IO C 35, 1.2.2021, p. 13–13
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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1.2.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 35/13 |
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 3 December 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — Ingredion Germany GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-320/19) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme - Article 3(h) - New entrants - Article 10a - Transitional rules for free allocation of emission allowances - Decision 2011/278/EU - Article 18(1)(c) - Fuel-related activity level - Second subparagraph of Article 18(2) - Relevant capacity utilisation factor)
(2021/C 35/16)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgericht Berlin
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Ingredion Germany GmbH
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Operative part of the judgment
The second subparagraph of Article 18(2) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council must be interpreted as meaning that, for the purposes of allocating emission allowances free of charge to new entrants, the relevant capacity utilisation factor is limited to a value of less than 100 %.