# C_2011139EN.01001502.xml

| 7.5.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 139/15 |
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7.5.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 139/15

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Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2011 — Republic of Latvia v Commission

(Case T-369/07) (1)

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(Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - National allocation plan for the allocation of emission allowances for Latvia for the period from 2008 to 2012 - Three-month time-limit - Article 9(3) of Directive 2003/87)

2011/C 139/29

Language of the case: Latvian

Parties

Parties

Applicant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: initially by E. Balode-Buraka and K. Bārdiņa, and subsequently by L. Ostrovska and lastly by L. Ostrovska and K. Drēviņa, Agents)

Applicant:

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: U. Wölker, E. Kalnins and I. Rubene, Agents)

Defendant:

Intervener in support of the applicant: Republic of Lithuania (represented by D. Kriaučiūnas, Agent); and Slovak Republic (represented initially by J. Čorba, and subsequently by B. Ricziová, Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant:

Intervener in support of the defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (represented initially by Z. Bryanston-Cross, and subsequently by S. Behzadi-Spencer, I. Rao and F. Penlington, Agents, assisted by J. Maurici, Barrister)

Intervener in support of the defendant:

Re:

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision C(2007) 3409, of 13 July 2007, on the amendment of the national plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances notified by the Republic of Latvia for the period from 2008 to 2012, under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ 2003 L 275, p. 32).

Operative part of the judgment

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

| 1. | Annuls Commission Decision C(2007) 3409, of 13 July 2007, on the amendment of the national plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances notified by the Republic of Latvia for the period from 2008 to 2012, under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC; |
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Annuls Commission Decision C(2007) 3409, of 13 July 2007, on the amendment of the national plan for the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances notified by the Republic of Latvia for the period from 2008 to 2012, under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC;

| 2. | Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Republic of Latvia; |
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Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Republic of Latvia;

| 3. | Orders the Republic of Lithuania, the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs. |
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Orders the Republic of Lithuania, the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear their own costs.

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(1)  OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.

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