62023CJ0148_SUM
Case C‑148/23
Gestore dei Servizi Energetici SpA – GSE
v
ERG Eolica Ginestra Srl and Others
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 27 June 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Environment – Directive 2009/28/EC – Article 1 – Art. 3(3)(a) – Principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 16 – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Alteration of the scheme applicable – Grant of the aid concerned subject to the conclusion of contracts)
Environment – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Directive 2009/28 – Mandatory targets for the overall share of energy produced from renewable sources – Measures adopted to attain those targets – Member States’ discretion – National legislation altering a national support scheme for electricity produced from renewable sources – Whether permissible – Conditions – Verification by the national court
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/28, recitals 8, 14 and 25 and Arts 1 and 3(1), (2) and (3)(a))
(see paragraphs 34-41)
Environment – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Directive 2009/28 – Mandatory targets for the overall share of energy produced from renewable sources – Measures adopted to attain those targets – Alteration of a national support scheme for electricity produced from renewable sources – National legislation subject to the new scheme for the conclusion of an agreement between the entity controlled by the State responsible for the management and review of the scheme and the benefiting undertakings – Condition also applicable to undertakings benefiting from the former scheme – Whether permissible – Infringement of the principles of legal certainty and the protection of legitimate expectations – None – Verification by the national court
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/28, Art. 3(3)(a))
(see paragraphs 40-45, 53- 57, 60, 69, operative part)
Environment – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Directive 2009/28/EC – Mandatory targets for the overall share of energy produced from renewable sources – Measures adopted to attain those targets – Alteration of a national support scheme for electricity produced from renewable sources – National legislation making the new scheme subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the entity controlled by the State responsible for the management and review of the scheme and the benefiting undertakings – Condition also applicable to undertakings benefiting from the former scheme – Whether permissible – Infringement of the freedom to conduct a business – None
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 16, 51(1); European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/28, Art. 3(3)(a))
(see paragraphs 61-69, operative part)
See the text of the decision.