
Article 1 
Germany is hereby authorised to apply a reduced rate of electricity taxation to electricity directly supplied to vessels, other than private pleasure craft, berthed in ports (‘shore-side electricity’), provided that the minimum levels of taxation pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2003/96/EC are respected.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
It shall expire on 16 July 2014.
However, should the Council, acting on the basis of Article 113 of the Treaty, provide for general rules on tax advantages for shore-side electricity, this Decision shall expire on the day on which those general rules become applicable.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2011.
For the Council
The President
J. VINCENT-ROSTOWSKI