Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 7 March 2013.

Republic of Poland v European Commission.

Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Transitional rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances from 2013 - Benchmarks to be applied to calculate the allocation of emission allowances - Equal treatment - Proportionality.

Case T-370/11.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/04/2013 Poland v Commission
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2013:113
07/03/2013 Poland v Commission
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:T:2013:113
07/03/2013 Poland v Commission
Application (OJ)
16/09/2011 Poland v Commission
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Annulment of the Commission Decision 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 (notified under document C(2011) 2772) (OJ 2011 L 130, p. 1)

Systematic classification scheme

1.
2 Institutional framework of the European Union
  2.05 Legal acts of the European Union
    2.05.00 General
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.03 Respective powers and obligations of the European Union and of the Member States
    1.03.01 Conferring of powers
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.24 Energy
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.01 Principle of equality and non-discrimination
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.04 Subject-matter, form of order sought and pleas in law
      3.08.04.01 Formal requirements


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 08/07/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

07/03/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 290 from 01.10.2011, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 114 from 20.04.2013, p.34

Name of the parties

Poland v Commission

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Peeters, M.: Milieu en recht 2013 p.428-429 (NL)
  2. Roset, Sébastien: Harmonisation d'allocation des quotas d'émission de gaz à effet de serre. Lors de l'examen des règles transitoires concernant l'harmonisation des conditions d'attribution de quotas d'émission de gaz à effet de serre entre États membres, le Tribunal est conduit à apporter d'importantes précisions quant à l'application du principe d'égalité de traitement en la matière, Europe 2013 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.35-36 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • - Pollution

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

septième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dittrich

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Polish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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