12.8.2019   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/7

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 June 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin — Germany) — ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Case C-682/17) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Natural gas processing installation - Sulphur recovery - ‘Claus process’ - Production of electricity in a secondary facility - Production of heat - Emission of inherent carbon dioxide (CO2) - Article 2(1) - Scope - Annex I - Activity of ‘combustion of fuels’ - Article 3(u) - Concept of ‘electricity generator’ - Article 10a(3) and (4) - Transitional arrangements for the harmonised free allocation of emission allowances - Decision 2011/278/EU - Scope - Article 3(c) - Concept of ‘heat benchmark sub-installation’)

(2019/C 270/08)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: ExxonMobil Production Deutschland GmbH

Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Operative part of the judgment