26In accordance with Article 10a(1) of Directive 2003/87, the Commission determined, by way of Decision 2011/278, European Union-wide harmonised rules for the free allocation of emission allowances. Those harmonised rules give concrete expression to the essential requirement that distortions of competition in the internal market be kept to a minimum (judgment of 22 June 2016, DK Recycling und Roheisen v Commission, C‑540/14 P, EU:C:2016:469, paragraph 53).
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