37Next, in the second stage, the Commission was required, upon receipt of that list and where the preliminary total annual amount calculated by the Member States exceeded the industry ceiling corresponding to the maximum annual amount of allowances referred to in Article 10a(5) of Directive 2003/87, to make a proportionate reduction of that preliminary amount calculated by the Member States by applying the ‘cross-sectoral correction factor’ provided for in that provision, which corresponds to the ratio between that preliminary amount and the ceiling (see, to that effect, judgment of 28 April 2016, Borealis Polyolefine and Others, C‑191/14, C‑192/14, C‑295/14, C‑389/14 and C‑391/14 to C‑393/14, EU:C:2016:311, paragraphs 62 and 63).
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