Joined Cases C-566/11, C-567/11, C-580/11, C-591/11, C-620/11 and C-640/11: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Iberdrola SA, Gas Natural SDG SA (C-566/11), Gas Natural SDG SA (C-567/11), Tarragona Power SL (C-580/11), Gas Natural SDG SA, Bizcaia Energía SL (C-591/11), Bahía de Bizcaia Electricidad SL (C-620/11), E.ON Generación SL and Others (C-640/11) (Request for a preliminary ruling — Protection of the ozone layer — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community — Method of allocating allowances — Allocation of allowances free of charge)
Date: 2013-10-17
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, electrical energy, energy production, greenhouse gas, interpretation of the law, marketing standard








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14.12.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 367/4





Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo — Spain) — Iberdrola SA, Gas Natural SDG SA (C-566/11), Gas Natural SDG SA (C-567/11), Tarragona Power SL (C-580/11), Gas Natural SDG SA, Bizcaia Energía SL (C-591/11), Bahía de Bizcaia Electricidad SL (C-620/11), E.ON Generación SL and Others (C-640/11)
(Joined Cases C-566/11, C-567/11, C-580/11, C-591/11, C-620/11 and C-640/11) (1)

(Request for a preliminary ruling - Protection of the ozone layer - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community - Method of allocating allowances - Allocation of allowances free of charge)
2013/C 367/06
Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Supremo

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Iberdrola SA, Gas Natural SDG SA,

Intervening parties: Administración del Estado and Others (C-566/11),

Applicant: Gas Natural SDG SA,

Intervening parties: Endesa SA and Others (C-567/11),

Applicant: Tarragona Power SL,

Intervening parties: Gas Natural SDG SA and Others (C-580/11),

Applicants: Gas Natural SDG SA, Bizcaia Energía SL,

Intervening parties: Administración del Estado and Others (C-591/11),

Applicant: Bahía de Bizcaia Electricidad SL,

Intervening parties: Gas Natural SDG SA and Others (C-620/11),

Applicant: E.ON Generación SL and Others (C-640/11)

Re:

Requests for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal Supremo — Interpretation of Article 10 of 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) — Protection of the ozone layer — Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community — Method of allocating allowances — Allocation of allowances free of charge

Operative part of the judgment

Article 10 of 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 must be interpreted as not precluding application of national legislative measures, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, the purpose and effect of which are to reduce remuneration for electricity production by an amount equal to the increase in such remuneration brought about through the incorporation, in the selling prices offered on the wholesale electricity market, of the value of the emission allowances allocated free of charge.


(1)  OJ C 25, 28.1.2012


OJ C 39, 11.2.2012.