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Air Transport Association of America and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (C-366/10)
Judgment
III —Consideration of the questions re…
A –Question 1
1.The international treaties relied upon
52

Air Transport Association of America and Others v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (C-366/10)

Judgment of 21 Dec 2011law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-366-10/para_52@2026-11-11

52First, the European Union must be bound by those rules (see Joined Cases 21/72 to 24/72 International Fruit Company and Others [1972] ECR 1219, paragraph 7, and Intertanko and Others, paragraph 44).

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-366/10 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:864
Decided: 21 Dec 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court)
Upheld as valid: Directive 2008/101
Applicants: Air Transport Association of America; American Airlines Inc.; Continental Airlines Inc.; United Airlines Inc.
Defendant: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Rapporteur: C. Toader
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 13 judges
V. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Prechal, A. Rosas, R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Levits, A. Ó Caoimh, L. Bay Larsen, C. Toader, E. Jarašiūnas
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62010CJ0366

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Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading International agreements

History · 1 version

21 Dec 2011Reading

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Interprets 1: Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 17: Nord Stream 2 AG v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-348/20 P)2 provisions; ET, acting as liquidator of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG (AB KG) v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-165/20); Vlaams Gewest v P&O North Sea Ferries Limited and P&O Ferries Limited (C-413/24); Swissgrid AG v European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (T-556/23); Swissgrid AG v European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (T-558/23); Swissgrid AG v European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (T-557/23); Land Niedersachsen v Conti 11. Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS 'MSC Flaminia' (C-188/23); European Commission and Council of the European Union v Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario) (C-778/21 P)3 provisions; European Commission and Council of the European Union v Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario) (C-779/21 P)4 provisions; European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C-516/22); RF v Finanzamt G (C-15/22); Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB v European Commission (T-244/21); Q and Others v United Airlines, Inc (C-561/20); European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-161/20)2 provisions; SAS Cargo Group A/S and Others v European Commission (T-324/17); Stichting Comité N 65 Ondergronds Helvoirt v European Commission (T-569/20); Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario) v Council of the European Union (T-279/19)2 provisions
Cites 19: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)7 provisions; Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-402/05); Aziz Melki and Sélim Abdeli (C-188/10, C-189/10); Anklagemyndigheden v Peter Michael Poulsen and Diva Navigation Corp (C-286/90); Foto-Frost v Hauptzollamt Lübeck-Ost (314/85); The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v Department for Transport (C-344/04); A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö and others v Commission of the European Communities (89/85, 104/85, 114/85, 116/85, 117/85, 125/85, 126/85, 127/85, 128/85, 129/85); Meryem Demirel v Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd (12/86); Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio SpA (FIAMM) and Fabbrica italiana accumulatori motocarri Montecchio Technologies LLC, Giorgio Fedon & Figli SpA and Fedon America, Inc. v Council of the European Union and Commission of the European Communities (C-120/06); The Queen, on the application of International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) and Others v Secretary of State for Transport (C-308/06); International Fruit Company NV and others v Produktschap voor Groenten en Fruit (C-21/72, C-22/72, C-23/72, C-24/72); Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (Text with EEA relevance); Braathens Sverige AB v Riksskatteverket (C-346/97); Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-61/94); Société Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Écologie et du Développement durable and Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie (C-127/07); Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK v Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (C-240/09); 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 (Text with EEA relevance); A. Racke GmbH & Co. v Hauptzollamt Mainz (C-162/96)