CELEX: 62016CA0080
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-80/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal administratif de Montreuil — France) — ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 2003/87/EC — Article 10a(1) — EU greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme — Free allocation of allowances — Decision 2011/278/EU — Validity — Principle of sound administration — Determination of the product benchmark for hot metal — Use of data in the ‘BREF’ for iron and steel production and guidelines for establishing benchmarks for hot metal — Meaning of ‘similar products’ — Reference installations — Obligation to state reasons)

18.9.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 309/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 26 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal administratif de Montreuil — France) — ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
   (Case C-80/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Article 10a(1) - EU greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme - Free allocation of allowances - Decision 2011/278/EU - Validity - Principle of sound administration - Determination of the product benchmark for hot metal - Use of data in the ‘BREF’ for iron and steel production and guidelines for establishing benchmarks for hot metal - Meaning of ‘similar products’ - Reference installations - Obligation to state reasons))
   (2017/C 309/09)
   Language of the case: French
   
      Referring court
   
   Tribunal administratif de Montreuil
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine SASU
   
      Defendant: Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Examination of the questions referred has revealed nothing that could affect the validity of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
   
      (1)  OJ C 136, 18.4.2016.