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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 June 2019

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading — Natural gas processing installation — Sulphur recovery — ‘Claus process’ — Production of electricity in a secondary facility — Production of heat — Emission of inherent carbon dioxide (CO2) — Article 2(1) — Scope — Annex I — Activity of ‘combustion of fuels’ — Article 3(u) — Concept of ‘electricity generator’ — Article 10a(3) and (4) — Transitional arrangements for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances — Decision 2011/278/EU — Scope — Article 3(c) — Concept of ‘heat benchmark sub-installation’

Case C-682/17

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

26/07/2019

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Environment
- Pollution

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:518

20/06/2019

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Environment
- Pollution

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2019:518

20/06/2019

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Environment
- Pollution

Application (OJ)

09/03/2018

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Environment
- Pollution

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:167

28/02/2019

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Environment
- Pollution

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

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

Directive 2003/87 : paragraphs 39, 42, 46, 52, 58, 62, 64, 80, 112, 118, 119
Directive 2003/87 -A01 : paragraphs 4, 55
Directive 2003/87 -A02 : paragraph 45
Directive 2003/87 -A02P1 : paragraphs 5, 47, 50, 53, 125
Directive 2003/87 -A03 : paragraph 6
Directive 2003/87 -A03LB : paragraphs 48, 50
Directive 2003/87 -A03LT : paragraphs 49, 53
Directive 2003/87 -A03LU : paragraphs 1, 35, 36, 41, 60, 70, 72, 74, 76 - 79, 83 - 85, 88, 93, 96, 97, 110, 113, 123, 124, 126
Directive 2003/87 -A10 : paragraph 82
Directive 2003/87 -A10BIS : paragraphs 1, 8, 32, 82, 124
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP1 : paragraphs 84, 94, 101
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP1L3 : paragraphs 35, 41, 113
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP1L3SNT2 : paragraphs 107, 115
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP2 : paragraph 102
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP3 : paragraphs 35, 41, 67, 69, 70, 81, 83, 84, 86, 94, 110, 111, 114 - 116
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP4 : paragraphs 35, 41, 67, 110, 113, 114, 117, 126
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP5 : paragraphs 84 - 87
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP7L3 : paragraph 107
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP8 : paragraphs 67, 110, 113, 114, 117, 126
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP11 : paragraph 65
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP12 : paragraph 94
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP14 : paragraph 95
Directive 2003/87 -A10P1 : paragraphs 7, 66
Directive 2003/87 -A10QUATER : paragraphs 9, 67, 107, 110
Directive 2003/87 -C8 : paragraphs 3, 56
Directive 2003/87 -N1 : paragraphs 1, 41, 47, 49, 60, 72, 73, 79, 89, 91, 92, 96, 97, 120, 125, 126
Directive 2003/87 -N1TAB : paragraph 10
Directive 2003/87 -N2 : paragraphs 11, 47
Directive 2004/8 : paragraphs 67, 110, 119, 121
Directive 2009/29 -C15 : paragraphs 12, 66, 68, 81
Directive 2009/29 -C19 : paragraphs 12, 68, 81
Decision 2010/2 -NPT1.4 : paragraph 93
Decision 2011/278 : paragraphs 101, 112, 117, 124
Decision 2011/278 -A03 : paragraphs 14, 104
Decision 2011/278 -A03LC : paragraphs 1, 22, 39, 41, 97, 105 - 107, 109, 113, 122, 126
Decision 2011/278 -A03LH : paragraphs 1, 22, 28, 40
Decision 2011/278 -A03LHSNT1 : paragraph 41
Decision 2011/278 -A03LV : paragraphs 22, 28, 41
Decision 2011/278 -A06 : paragraphs 15, 103
Decision 2011/278 -A10 : paragraph 16
Decision 2011/278 -A10P1 : paragraph 103
Decision 2011/278 -A10P2 : paragraph 103
Decision 2011/278 -C31 : paragraphs 13, 37
Regulation 601/2012 -A03PT40 : paragraphs 17, 27, 51, 54
Regulation 601/2012 -A48P1 : paragraphs 18, 54
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N23 : paragraph 90
Court of Justice - Judgment C -505/09 -N64 : paragraph 90
Court of Justice - Judgment C -505/09 -N82 : paragraph 118
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N40 : paragraphs 68, 81
Court of Justice - Judgment C -82/12 -N41 : paragraph 129
Court of Justice - Judgment C -43/14 -N28 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N62 : paragraph 86
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N63 : paragraph 86
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N64 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N66 : paragraph 111
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N68 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N70 : paragraph 84
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N71 : paragraph 85
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N72 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N74 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N75 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N82 : paragraph 68
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N83 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N23 : paragraph 72
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N24 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N26 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N32 : paragraph 87
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N46 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -506/14 -N47 : paragraph 94
Court of Justice - Judgment C -540/14 -N53 : paragraph 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 : paragraph 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N33 : paragraph 72
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N60 : paragraph 102
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N61 : paragraph 103
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N62 : paragraph 104
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N64 : paragraph 105
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 -N116 : paragraph 105
Court of Justice - Judgment C -321/15 -N22 : paragraph 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -321/15 -N24 : paragraph 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -457/15 -N28 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -457/15 -N40 : paragraph 84
Court of Justice - Judgment C -457/15 -N41 : paragraph 84
Court of Justice - Judgment C -460/15 -N40 : paragraph 112
Court of Justice - Judgment C -460/15 -N41 : paragraph 112
Court of Justice - Judgment C -460/15 -N42 : paragraph 112
Court of Justice - Judgment C -460/15 -N47 : paragraph 120
Court of Justice - Judgment C -461/15 -N23 : paragraph 64
Court of Justice - Judgment C -461/15 -N24 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -80/16 -N20 : paragraph 107
Court of Justice - Judgment C -542/16 -N39 : paragraph 71
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N26 : paragraph 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N27 : paragraph 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N28 : paragraph 64
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N29 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N30 : paragraph 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/16 -N37 : paragraph 86
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N39 : paragraph 62
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N40 : paragraph 63
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N41 : paragraph 64
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N42 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N45 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N46 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N67 : paragraph 65
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N68 : paragraphs 45, 112
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N26 : paragraph 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N27 : paragraph 102
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N28 : paragraph 103
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N29 : paragraph 104
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N36 : paragraph 82
Court of Justice - Judgment C -65/17 -N57 : paragraph 129
Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/17 -N29 : paragraph 112
Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/17 -N31 : paragraph 47
Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/17 -N41 : paragraph 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/17 -N42 : paragraph 56
Court of Justice - Judgment C -302/17 -N18 : paragraph 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -302/17 -N20 : paragraph 65

Operative part

Interprets : Directive 2003/87 -A03LU
Interprets : Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP4
Interprets : Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP8
Interprets : Directive 2003/87 -N1
Interprets : Decision 2011/278 -A03LC

Opinion

Directive 2003/87 : points 36, 37, 46, 49, 55
Directive 2003/87 -A01 : points 47, 69
Directive 2003/87 -A02P1 : points 38, 47, 50
Directive 2003/87 -A03LT : points 40, 42, 44, 47, 50
Directive 2003/87 -A03LU : points 1, 3, 4, 26, 29, 51 - 54, 56 - 59, 61, 63, 64, 67 - 70, 72, 79, 86 - 88, 106
Directive 2003/87 -A10BIS : points 1, 3, 5, 24, 31, 61, 68, 90
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP1L3 : points 27, 29, 84, 85, 88, 91, 92, 94
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP3 : points 60, 84, 85, 92 - 95, 97, 98, 103, 104, 106
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP4 : points 27, 29, 88, 92, 93, 98, 106
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP5 : point 70
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP8 : points 92, 93, 98, 106
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP11 : points 69, 85
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP12 : points 84, 85
Directive 2003/87 -A10BISP14 : point 83
Directive 2003/87 -A10P1 : point 69
Directive 2003/87 -A10QUATER : points 92, 98, 106
Directive 2003/87 -A10TER : point 69
Directive 2003/87 -A12P3 : point 33
Directive 2003/87 -C8 : point 47
Directive 2003/87 -N1 : points 1, 29, 39, 47, 54, 63, 66, 73, 75, 76, 81, 87
Directive 2003/87 -N1PT3 : point 45
Directive 2003/87 -N1PT6 : points 38, 40, 42, 50, 51, 106
Directive 2003/87 -N2 : points 38, 47
Directive 2004/8 : point 5
Directive 2004/8 -A01 : point 96
Directive 2004/8 -C1 : point 96
Directive 2004/8 -C5 : point 96
Directive 2009/29 : points 44, 66, 75, 86
Directive 2009/29 -C15 : point 69
Directive 2009/29 -C19 : points 60, 61, 96
Directive 2009/29 -C24 : point 82
Directive 2009/29 -C25 : point 82
Decision 2010/2 -N : point 84
Decision 2010/2 -NPT1.4 : point 82
Decision 2011/278 : point 55
Decision 2011/278 -A03 : point 6
Decision 2011/278 -A03LB : point 75
Decision 2011/278 -A03LC : points 1, 10, 27, 29, 33, 88 - 90, 97, 98, 104, 106
Decision 2011/278 -A03LD : point 33
Decision 2011/278 -A03LH : points 1, 28, 33, 75, 76
Decision 2011/278 -A03LHPT5 : points 10, 16, 29
Decision 2011/278 -A03LHSNT1 : point 29
Decision 2011/278 -A09P4 : point 85
Decision 2011/278 -A09P5 : point 85
Decision 2011/278 -A10P2 : point 85
Decision 2011/278 -A10P7 : point 85
Decision 2011/278 -A10P9 : point 60
Decision 2011/278 -A10P9L1 : point 70
Decision 2011/278 -A15P3 : point 70
Decision 2011/278 -C31 : point 62
Decision 2011/278 -N1 : point 75
Regulation 601/2012 -A3PT30 : points 75, 76
Regulation 601/2012 -A03PT40 : point 48
Regulation 601/2012 -A48 : point 49
Regulation 601/2012 -A48P1 : point 48
Regulation 601/2012 -N4PT1LBL3 : point 48
Decision 2014/746 -NPT1.1 : point 82
Directive 2018/410 -A01PT14LK : point 69
Directive 2018/410 -A01PT15 : point 69
Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52005DC0703 -N8 : point 44
Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52005DC0703 -PT34 : point 44
Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52005DC0703 -PT35 : point 44
Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52005DC0703 -PT36 : point 44
Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 52008PC0016 : points 44, 61, 75, 96
Commission - SEC Document - 52008SC0052 : point 44
Commission - COM Document (Other than Draft Legislation) - 52017DC0048 : point 92
Court of Justice - Judgment C -90/92 -N11 : point 97
Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/94 -N52 : point 72
Court of Justice - Judgment C -184/99 -N53 : point 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -32/00 -N53 : point 97
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N57 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N58 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N59 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N60 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N61 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -127/07 -N63 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/10 -N43 : point 72
Court of Justice - Judgment C -376/11 -N34 : point 97
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N33 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N34 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N35 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N36 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -566/11 -N40 : point 61
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N60 : point 70
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N66 : point 93
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N70 : point 70
Court of Justice - Judgment C -191/14 -N71 : point 60
Court of Justice - Judgment C -180/15 : point 22
Court of Justice - Judgment C -457/15 -N37 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -601/15 -N48 : point 72
Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/16 -N112 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/16 -N125 : point 77
Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/16 -N98 : point 32
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/16 -N65 : point 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -101/16 -N66 : point 101
Court of Justice - Judgment C -577/16 -N68 : point 97
Court of Justice - Judgment C -58/17 -N41 : points 49, 55
Court of Justice - Judgment C -229/17 -N29 : point 97
Court of Justice - Judgment C -302/17 -N20 : point 69
Court of Justice - Judgment C -621/18 -N47 : point 52

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

28/02/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

20/06/2019

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 270 from 12.08.2019, p.7

Application: OJ C 112 from 26.03.2018, p.11

Name of the parties

ExxonMobil Production Deutschland

Notes on Academic Writings

Ehrmann, Markus: Kostenlose Zuteilung von Emissionszertifikaten - Begriff des Stromerzeugers, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2019 N°17 p.1265-1274 (DE)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin - Germany

Subject-matter

Environment
- Pollution

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

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

Cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Regan

Advocate General

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

German

Language(s) of the Opinion

French