
Article 1 
In the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC the following sentences are added:
'Where an assessment shows for the individual industrial sectors that no significant impact on sectors or subsectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage is to be expected, the Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, adapt the timetable for the period referred to in Article 13(1) beginning on 1 January 2013 so as to ensure the orderly functioning of the market. The Commission shall make no more than one such adaptation for a maximum number of 900 million allowances.'.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
L. LINKEVIČIUS