28It should also be observed that the interpretation advocated by the Czech Government would be contrary to the objective of Article 10 of Directive 2003/87 of temporarily reducing the economic impact of the introduction by the European Union of a greenhouse gas emission allowances market by preventing a loss of competitiveness in certain production sectors covered by that directive (judgment in Iberdrola and Others, EU:C:2013:660, paragraph 39). With a view to compliance with the principle of equality, such an objective implies that the limitation to 10% of the number of allowances which may be allocated for consideration should be assessed from the point of view of operators in each of the sectors concerned and not in relation to all the allowances allocated by the Member State.
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