CELEX: 62012CN0203
Language: en
Date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Case C-203/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 30 April 2012 — Billerud Karlsborg Aktiebolag, Billerud Skärblacka Aktiebolag v Naturvårdsverket

23.6.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 184/7
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 30 April 2012 — Billerud Karlsborg Aktiebolag, Billerud Skärblacka Aktiebolag v Naturvårdsverket
   (Case C-203/12)
   2012/C 184/12
   Language of the case: Swedish
   
      Referring court
   
   Högsta domstolen
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: 1. Billerud Karlsborg Aktiebolag, 2. Billerud Skärblacka Aktiebolag
   
      Defendant: Naturvårdsverket
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does Article 16(3) and (4) of Directive 2003/87 (1) mean that an operator who has not surrendered a sufficient number of emission allowances by 30 April must pay a penalty regardless of the cause of the omission, for example, where, although the operator had a sufficient number of emission allowances on 30 April, as a result of an oversight, an administrative error or a technical problem it did not surrender them then?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If Question 1 is answered in the affirmative, does Article 16(3) and (4) of Directive 2003/87 mean that the penalty will or may be waived or reduced for example in the circumstances described in Question 1?
            
         
      (1)  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 L 275, p. 32).