BP France

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 29 July 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État – France) – BP France SAS v Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique(Case C-624/22, 1 BP France)(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources – Directive 2009/28/EC – Articles 17 and 18 – Directive 2018/2001 – Articles 25, 29 and 30 – Sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria – Verification of compliance with those criteria – Biofuels used for transport – Production of fuels using the co-processing procedure – Evidence of compliance with those sustainability criteria – Mass balance method – Methods for evaluating the content of hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) in fuels produced using that procedure – Member State’s legislation requiring a physical carbon-14 analysis – Article 34 TFEU – Free movement of goods)Language of the case: French Referring court Conseil d’État Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: BP France SASDefendant: Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique Operative part of the judgment Articles 17 and 18 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of...