# C_2014245EN.01002001.xml

| 28.7.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 245/20 |
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Action brought on 5 May 2014 — Dyckerhoff Polska v Commission

(Case T-284/14)

2014/C 245/27

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Dyckerhoff Polska sp. z o.o. (Nowiny, Poland) (represented by: K. Kowalczyk, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul Commission Decision 2013/448/EU of 5 September 2013 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2013 L 240, p. 27). |
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Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of its action, the applicant puts forward three pleas in law.

| 1. | First plea in law:
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The adopted decision is incompatible with EU law, in particular with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 October 2003 and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU of 24 December 2009. | — | The adopted decision is incompatible with EU law, in particular with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 October 2003 and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU of 24 December 2009. |
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| — | The adopted decision is incompatible with EU law, in particular with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 October 2003 and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU of 24 December 2009. | | |

| 2. | Second plea in law:
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Infringement of the principle of equal treatment by reason of the establishment of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors, failing thereby to take into account the fact that the sectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, including that of cement production, ought to be treated in a manner different to sectors which are not exposed to such a significant risk;
and infringement of the principle of proportionality. | — | Infringement of the principle of equal treatment by reason of the establishment of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors, failing thereby to take into account the fact that the sectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, including that of cement production, ought to be treated in a manner different to sectors which are not exposed to such a significant risk;
and infringement of the principle of proportionality. |
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| — | Infringement of the principle of equal treatment by reason of the establishment of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors, failing thereby to take into account the fact that the sectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, including that of cement production, ought to be treated in a manner different to sectors which are not exposed to such a significant risk;
and infringement of the principle of proportionality. | | |

| 3. | Third plea in law:
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Inapplicability, pursuant to Article 277 TFEU, of Article 10a(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC and Article 15(3) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU, which form the basis on which the contested decision was adopted, in so far as it is possible to apply those provisions without taking account of Article 10a(12) to (18) of Directive 2003/87/EC, Article 16 of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU, which confirm the need to proceed in a specific manner in those sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, and inapplicability of the adoption by the European Commission of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors. | — | Inapplicability, pursuant to Article 277 TFEU, of Article 10a(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC and Article 15(3) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU, which form the basis on which the contested decision was adopted, in so far as it is possible to apply those provisions without taking account of Article 10a(12) to (18) of Directive 2003/87/EC, Article 16 of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU, which confirm the need to proceed in a specific manner in those sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, and inapplicability of the adoption by the European Commission of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors. |
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| — | Inapplicability, pursuant to Article 277 TFEU, of Article 10a(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC and Article 15(3) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU, which form the basis on which the contested decision was adopted, in so far as it is possible to apply those provisions without taking account of Article 10a(12) to (18) of Directive 2003/87/EC, Article 16 of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU and Commission Decision 2010/2/EU, which confirm the need to proceed in a specific manner in those sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage, and inapplicability of the adoption by the European Commission of a uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for all sectors. | | |

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