18.4.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 121/7
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 March 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie Wydział Cywilny — Poland) — J. D. v Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki
(Case C-4/16) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Environment - Directive 2009/28/EC - The second subparagraph of Article 2(a) - Energy from renewable sources - Hydropower - Meaning - Energy produced in a small-scale hydropower plant located at the point of discharge of industrial waste water from another plant))
(2017/C 121/09)
Language of the case: Polish
Referring court
Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie Wydział Cywilny
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: J. D.
Defendant: Prezes Urzędu Regulacji Energetyki
Operative part of the judgment
The concept of ‘energy from renewable sources’, in the second subparagraph of Article 2(a) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, must be interpreted as covering energy generated by a small-scale hydropower plant, which is not a pumped-storage power station or a hydropower plant with a pumping installation, located at the point of discharge of industrial waste water from another plant which previously used the water for its own purposes.
(1) OJ C 111, 29.3.2016.
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