62024TJ0006_INF
Judgment of the General Court (Ninth Chamber) of 29 January 2025 –Northtechnic v Commission
(Case T‑6/24)
(Environment – Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 – Fluorinated greenhouse gases – Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Commission Implementing Decision attributing a reference value – Method of calculation – Failure to take into account certain quantities of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market – Article 16 and Annex V of Regulation No 517/2014 – Obligation to state reasons)
1.
Environment – Atmospheric pollution – Reduction of fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions – Regulation No 517/2014 – Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Allocation mechanism based on the establishment of reference values – Commission decision attributing a reference value – Decision containing the information necessary to enable the addressee to ascertain the criteria for calculating the reference values used – Infringement of the obligation to state reasons – No such infringement
(Art. 296 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 517/2014, Art. 16(3) and Annex V; Commission Decision 2023/2432)
(see paragraphs 19-33)
2.
Environment – Atmospheric pollution – Reduction of fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions – Regulation No 517/2014 – Allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market – Allocation mechanism based on the establishment of reference values – Commission decision attributing a reference value – Method of calculating that reference value – No account being taken of the quantities of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market by the operator without a quota and not declared in the electronic register – Error of law – No such error
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 517/2014, Arts 15, 16(1) to (3) and 19 and Annex V)
(see paragraphs 43-63, 67-76)
3.
Judicial proceedings – Application initiating proceedings – Formal requirements – Brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based
(Statute of the Court of Justice, Arts 21, first para., and 53, first para.; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 76(d))
(see paragraphs 81, 82)
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Northtechnic OOD to pay the costs.