Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 17 September 2020

Autoritatea naţională de reglementare în domeniul energiei (ANRE) v Societatea de Producere a Energiei Electrice în Hidrocentrale Hidroelectrica SA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in electricity – Free movement of goods – Article 35 TFEU – Quantitative restrictions on exports – Measures having equivalent effect – National measure requiring electricity producers to offer for sale all the electricity available to them exclusively on a centralised competitive market of the Member State concerned

Case C-648/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
30/10/2020 Hidroelectrica
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:723
17/09/2020 Hidroelectrica
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2020:723
17/09/2020 Hidroelectrica
Application (OJ)
04/01/2019 Hidroelectrica
Request for a preliminary ruling
17/10/2018 Hidroelectrica
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:256
02/04/2020 Hidroelectrica
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.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.01 Choice of methods
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.02 Free movement of goods
    4.02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
      4.02.02.02 Measures having equivalent effect
        4.02.02.02.01 Definition


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

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Date of the Opinion

  • 02/04/2020

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

17/09/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Hidroelectrica

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Martucci, Francesco: Électricité : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne estime incompatible avec le traité une législation imposant aux producteurs d'électricité nationaux d'offrir l'intégralité de l'électricité disponible sur les plateformes gérées par un seul opérateur désigné pour les services d'échange du marché national de l'électricité (ANRE), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2020, nº 4, p. 210-212 (FR)
  2. Picod, Fabrice: VII. Droit des libertés économiques - Cour de justice, 4e ch., 17 septembre 2020, Autoritatea naţională de reglementare în domeniul energiei (ANRE) c/ Societatea de Producere a Energiei Electrice în Hidrocentrale Hidroelectrica SA, aff. C-648/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:723, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2020. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2021, p. 444-450 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunalul Bucureşti - Romania

Subject-matter

  • Free movement of goods
  • - Quantitative restrictions
  • - Measures having equivalent effect

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Piçarra

Advocate General

Campos Sánchez-Bordona

Language(s) of the Case

  • Romanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Spanish