10.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 262/27


Judgment of the General Court of 24 June 2015 — GHC v Commission

(Case T-847/14) (1)

((Environment - Protection of the ozone layer - Fluorinated greenhouse gases - Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 - Placing of hydrofluorocarbons on the market - Determination of a reference value - Allocation of quotas - Duty to state reasons - Method of calculation))

(2015/C 262/36)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: GHC Gerling, Holz & Co. Handels GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: D. Lang, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: C. Hermes and K. Mifsud-Bonnici, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/774/EU of 31 October 2014 determining, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, reference values for the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 for each producer or importer who has reported placing on the market hydrofluorocarbons under Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2014 L 318, p. 28), in so far as it concerns the applicant.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/774/EU of 31 October 2014 determining, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases, reference values for the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 for each producer or importer who has reported placing on the market hydrofluorocarbons under Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, is hereby annulled in so far as it concerns GHC Gerling, Holz & Co. Handels GmbH;

2.

The European Commission is ordered to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 56, 16.2.2015.