# C_2019148EN.01005402.xml

| 29.4.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 148/54 |
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29.4.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 148/54

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Action brought on 21 February 2019. — Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Chłodnictwa i Klimatyzacji v Commission

(Case T-126/19)

(2019/C 148/53)

Language of the case: Polish

Parties

Applicant: Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza Chłodnictwa i Klimatyzacji (Warsaw, Poland) (represented by: A. Galos, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

| — | annul Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases, on which the contested decision is founded, and as a result find that the contested decision is flawed in that regard; |
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annul Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases, on which the contested decision is founded, and as a result find that the contested decision is flawed in that regard;

| — | order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings. |
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order the Commission to pay the costs of the proceedings.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant relies on 2 pleas in law.

| 1. | First plea in law: the applicant raises a plea under Article 277 TFEU concerning the invalidity of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006, the contested decision being founded on that article, to the extent to which it bases the system of apportionment of quotas on reference values resulting from the historically-declared data in relation to F-gases placed on the market from 2009 to 2012, since that constitutes a discriminatory and arbitrary division of undertakings according to their historical activity on the market for gases, and it submits that the contested decision is therefore flawed in that regard. |
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First plea in law: the applicant raises a plea under Article 277 TFEU concerning the invalidity of Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006, the contested decision being founded on that article, to the extent to which it bases the system of apportionment of quotas on reference values resulting from the historically-declared data in relation to F-gases placed on the market from 2009 to 2012, since that constitutes a discriminatory and arbitrary division of undertakings according to their historical activity on the market for gases, and it submits that the contested decision is therefore flawed in that regard.

| 2. | Second plea in law: the applicant alleges a breach of essential procedural requirements and the infringement of the Treaty inasmuch as inadequate reasons were given for the introduction of the mechanism for dividing undertakings active on the F-gases market on the basis of the value of the F-gases historically placed on the market from 2009 to 2012, in accordance with Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014. |
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Second plea in law: the applicant alleges a breach of essential procedural requirements and the infringement of the Treaty inasmuch as inadequate reasons were given for the introduction of the mechanism for dividing undertakings active on the F-gases market on the basis of the value of the F-gases historically placed on the market from 2009 to 2012, in accordance with Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014.

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