25.9.2023

Official Journal of the European Union

C 338/17

(Case T-244/21) (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>)

(Environment - Directive 2003/87/EC - System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading - Transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances - Installations producing a product which is not covered by a product benchmark - No direct substitutability between the products - Rejection of data relating to the free allocation of allowances concerning those installations - Obligation to state reasons - Manifest errors of assessment - Equal treatment - Duty of diligence - International obligations and commitments of the European Union - Plea of illegality)

(2023/C 338/22)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (Luleå, Sweden) (represented by: A. Bryngelsson, F. Sjövall and A. Johansson, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Wils and B. De Meester, acting as Agents)

Intervener in support of the applicant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: O. Simonsson, C. Meyer-Seitz, A. Runeskjöld, M. Salborn Hodgson, H. Shev, H. Eklinder and R. Shahsavan Eriksson, acting as Agents)

Re:

By its action under Article 263 TFEU, the applicant seeks the annulment of Article 1(3) of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/355 of 25 February 2021 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2021 L 68, p. 221).

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.Dismisses the action;

2.Orders Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Commission;

3.Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to bear its own costs.

(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 289, 19.7.2021.