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United Kingdom v. Commission of the European Communities
Geography
International
Year
2005
Document Type
Litigation
About this case
Filing year
2005
Status
Reversed European Commission's decision
Geography
International
Court/admin entity
European Union → General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → GHG emissions reduction and trading (Global) → EU ETS (Global)
Principal law
European Union
At issue
Challenge to a Commission decision that refused to allow an increase in UK's emission of greenhouse gases
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
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Topics
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Summary
European Court reversed a Commission of the European Communities decision barring the UK from amending its national allocation plan (NAP) under Article 9 of Directive 2003/87, which established a scheme for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission allowance trading within the European Community. A Member State is entitled to propose amendments to its NAP after it has been notified to the Commission, and until its adoption of its decision under Article 11(1), even if the amendments increase the total quantities of GHG emissions. The court found that the Commission made an error of law in rejecting the amendments proposed by the UK as inadmissible.
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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Just transition
Greenhouse gas
Finance