Engie Romania

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 January 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti – Romania) – Engie România SA v Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei(Case C-205/23, 1 Engie Romania)(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Energy – Internal market in natural gas – Directive 2009/73/EC – Article 3(1) – Obligations of Member States towards natural gas undertakings – Consumer protection – Articles 40 and 41 – Powers of the regulatory authority – Breach by a natural gas undertaking of its duty of transparency towards consumers – Duplication of penalties for the same unlawful conduct – Article 50 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings for the same criminal offence – Ne bis in idem – Article 52(1) – Limitations on the exercise of that fundamental right – Principle of proportionality)Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Tribunalul Bucureşti Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Engie România SADefendant: Autoritatea Naţională de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei Operative part of the judgment 1.    Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/ECmust be interpreted as not precluding a national energy regulatory authority, where it finds that a natural gas supplier has failed to fulfil its duty of...