Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 March 2017

ArcelorMittal Rodange et Schifflange SA v État du Grand-duché de Luxembourg

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour constitutionnelle (Luxembourg)

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Scheme for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading in the European Union — Directive 2003/87/EC — Article 3(a) — Articles 11 and 12 — Cessation of activities of an installation — Surrender of unused allowances — Period from and including 2008 to 2012 — No compensation — Broad logic of the greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading scheme

Case C-321/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
21/04/2017 ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:179
08/03/2017 ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:179
08/03/2017 ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange
Application (OJ)
21/08/2015 ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:516
05/07/2016 ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/06/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/07/2016

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

08/03/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 144 from 08.05.2017, p.4

Application: OJ C 294 from 07.09.2015, p.39

Name of the parties

ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ehrmann, Markus: Handel mit Treibhausgasemmissionszertifikaten, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2017 p.867-868 (DE)
  2. Roset, Sébastien: Quotas de gaz à effet de serre, Europe 2017 Avril nº 05 p.40-41 (FR)
  3. Legnaioli, Marta: The surrender of wrongly allocated greenhouse gas emission allowances, Environmental Law Review 2018 Vol. 20 p.32-38 (EN)
  4. Steyger, E.: De reikwijdte van de Dienstenrichtlijn : het arrest Amersfoort en Visser, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2018 p.183-190 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Cour constitutionnelle - Luxembourg

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • - Pollution

Provisions of national law referred to

Arrêté ministériel du 17/01/2001 portant désignation des organismes de radiodiffusion visés à l'article 13, 2e tiret, de la loi du 30/03/1995 concernant les réseaux de distribution d'émissions de radiodiffusion et l'exercice d'activités de radiodiffusion dans la région bilingue de Bruxelles-Capitale, art. 16 garantissant le droit de propriété Loi modifiée du 23 décembre 2004 établissant un système d’échange de quotas d’émission de gaz à effet de serre, art. 13, § 6

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

da Cruz Vilaça

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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