8.5.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 144/23
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Berlin (Germany) lodged on 3 February 2017 — INEOS Köln GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-58/17)
(2017/C 144/29)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgericht Berlin
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: INEOS Köln GmbH
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Question referred
Must Commission Decision 2011/278/EU (1) 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 be interpreted as meaning that the definition of ‘process emissions sub-installation’ in Article 3(h) of Decision 2011/278/EU covers only incompletely oxidised carbon in a gaseous state, or does it also include incompletely oxidised carbon in a liquid state?
(1) OJ 2011 L 130, p. 1.
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