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DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH v European Commission (C-540/14 P)
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DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH v European Commission (C-540/14 P)

Judgment of 22 Jun 2016law://eu/cjeu/2014/c-540-14/para_53@2026-11-11

53In providing for this method of free allocation of allowances, fully-harmonised on a sectoral basis, the legislature gave concrete expression to the essential requirement that distortions of competition in the internal market be minimised.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-540/14 P · ECLI:EU:C:2016:469
Decided: 22 Jun 2016
Procedure: Action for annulment
Applicant: DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH
Defendant: European Commission
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, A. Arabadjiev, J.-C. Bonichot, S. Rodin, E. Regan
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62014CJ0540

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Cites 13: Ziegler SA v European Commission (C-439/11 P); 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); Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (Text with EEA relevance); Iberdrola, SA and Others v Administración del Estado and Others (C-566/11, C-567/11, C-580/11, C-591/11, C-620/11, C-640/11); European Commission v Republic of Estonia (C-505/09 P); GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited v Commission of the European Communities and Commission of the European Communities v GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited and European Association of Euro Pharmaceutical Companies (EAEPC) v Commission of the European Communities and Asociación de exportadores españoles de productos farmacéuticos (Aseprofar) v Commission of the European Communities (C-501/06); European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-355/10); 2011/278/EU: Commission Decision 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 (notified under document C(2011) 2772); Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d (C-162/13); European Parliament v Council of the European Union (C-363/14); European Commission v Republic of Poland (C-504/09 P); DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH v European Commission (T-630/13); Iride SpA, formerly Azienda Mediterranea Gas e Acqua SpA v European Commission (C-329/09)