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Vattenfall Europe Generation AG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-457/15)
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Vattenfall Europe Generation AG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-457/15)

Judgment of 28 Jul 2016law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-457-15/para_28@2026-11-11

28For the purposes of the implementation of that scheme, Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/87 provides that the scope of that directive applies to emissions from the activities listed in Annex I and greenhouse gases listed in Annex II, including, in particular, carbon dioxide.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Sixth Chamber
Case: C-457/15 · ECLI:EU:C:2016:613
Decided: 28 Jul 2016
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Administrative Court, Berlin, Germany)
Applicant: Vattenfall Europe Generation AG
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 3 judges
A. Arabadjiev, J.-C. Bonichot, S. Rodin
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62015CJ0457

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Interprets 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 2: Apollo Tyres (Hungary) Kft. v Innovációért és Technológiáért Felelős Miniszter (C-575/20)2 provisions; ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-682/17)2 provisions
Cites 6: Borealis Polyolefine GmbH and Others v Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft and Others (C-191/14, C-192/14, C-295/14, C-389/14, C-391/14, C-392/14, C-393/14); 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); 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); Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance; Elektriciteits Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland EPZ NV v Bestuur van de Nederlandse Emissieautoriteit (C-158/15); Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Nordzucker AG (C-148/14)