Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara v Commission

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber)22 May 2025 (*)( Appeal – Environment – Directive 2003/87/EC – System for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Union – Free allocation of allowances – Article 10 a(1) – Concept of ‘substitutes’ – National implementing measures – Article 11(1) – Lists of installations covered by Directive 2003/87 submitted to the European Commission by the Member States – Decision (EU) 2021/355 – Proposal of the Member State concerned to cover by a benchmark for sintered ore a sub-installation producing iron ore pellets – Rejection decision – Establishment of benchmarks by the Commission – General objective of incentivising the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions – No obligation of result – Article 296 TFEU – Obligation to state reasons for decisions of the EU institutions )In Case C‑621/23 P,APPEAL under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, brought on 6 October 2023,Luossavaara‑Kiirunavaara AB, established in Luleå (Sweden), represented by A. Bryngelsson, A. Johansson and F. Sjövall, advokater,appellant,the other parties to the proceedings being:European Commission, represented by B. De Meester and G. Wils, acting as Agents,defendant at first instance,Kingdom of Sweden, represented by C. Meyer‑Seitz and R. Shahsavan Eriksson, acting as Agents,intervener at first instance,THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),composed of M. L. Arastey Sahún (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, D. Gratsias, E. Regan,...