Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 March 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie Wydział Cywilny — Poland) — J. D. v Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki

(Case C-4/16) ¹

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2009/28/EC — The second subparagraph of Article 2(a) — Energy from renewable sources — Hydropower — Meaning — Energy produced in a small-scale hydropower plant located at the point of discharge of industrial waste water from another plant)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie Wydział Cywilny

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: J. D.

Defendant: Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki

Operative part of the judgment

The concept of ‘energy from renewable sources’, in the second subparagraph of Article 2(a) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, must be interpreted as covering energy generated by a small-scale hydropower plant, which is not a pumped-storage power station or a hydropower plant with a pumping installation, located at the point of discharge of industrial waste water from another plant which previously used the water for its own purposes.

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¹ OJ C 111, 29.3.2016.