Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 April 2016

Borealis Polyolefine GmbH and Others v Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft and Others

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich, Raad van State and Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio

References for a preliminary ruling — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading in the European Union — Directive 2003/87/EC — Article 10a(5) — Method for allocating allowances — Free allocation of allowances — Method for calculating the uniform cross-sectoral correction factor — Decision 2011/278/EU — Article 15(3) — Decision 2013/448/EU — Article 4 — Annexe II — Validity

Joined Cases C-191/14, C-192/14, C-295/14, C-389/14 and C-391/14 to C-393/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
17/06/2016 Borealis Polyolefine
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:311
28/04/2016 Borealis Polyolefine
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:311
28/04/2016 Borealis Polyolefine
Application (OJ)
22/08/2014 Borealis Polyolefine
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:754
12/11/2015 Borealis Polyolefine
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

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.08 Procedural rules
    3.08.07 Oral procedure
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.23 Environment, sustainable development and climate
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.03 Effects of a preliminary ruling
      3.04.03.02 Rulings determining validity
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.03 Effects of a preliminary ruling
      3.04.03.02 Rulings determining validity
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.03 Effects of a preliminary ruling
      3.04.03.02 Rulings determining validity


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 17/04/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/11/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

28/04/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 243 from 04.07.2016, p.6

Application: OJ C 303 from 08.09.2014, p.3

Name of the parties

Borealis Polyolefine

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Roset, Sébastien: Système d'échanges de quotas de gaz à effet de serre, Europe 2016 Juin Comm. nº 6 p.35-36 (FR)
  2. Picod, Fabrice: Invalidité d'une décision fixant un facteur de correction sur le gaz à effet de serre, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2016 nº 19 p.977 (FR)
  3. Ehrmann, Markus: System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionszertifikaten in der EU, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2016 p.921-922 (DE)
  4. Peeters, M.: Gratis toewijzing emissierechten; ongeldigverklaring uniforme correctiefactor, Milieu en recht 2017 p.537-540 (NL)
  5. Thieffry, Patrick: X. Environnement - Cour de justice, 2e ch., 28 avril 2016, Borealis Polyolefine GmbH e.a. c/ Bundesminister für Land-, Forst-, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft e.a., aff. jtes C-191/14, C-192/14, C-295/14, C-389/14 et C-391/14 à C-393/14, ECLI:EU:C:2016:311, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2016. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2017, p. 325-344 (FR)
  6. Roset, Sébastien: Quotas de gaz à effet de serre, Europe 2018 avril nº 4 p.37-38 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich - Austria

Subject-matter

  • Environment
  • - Pollution
  • Provisions governing the institutions
  • - Acts of the institutions
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Bundesgesetz über ein System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionszertifikaten (Emissionszertifikategesetz 2011 – EZG 2011), Art. 24 Abs. 3

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bonichot

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • German, Dutch, Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German