Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 22 October 2014

Cristiano Blanco and Pier Paolo Fabretti v Agenzia delle Entrate — Direzione Provinciale I di Roma — Ufficio Controlli

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Restrictions — Tax legislation — Income from winnings from games of chance — Difference in taxation between winnings obtained abroad and those from national casinos

Joined Cases C‑344/13 and C‑367/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
21/11/2014 Blanco and Fabretti
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2311
22/10/2014 Blanco and Fabretti
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2311
22/10/2014 Blanco and Fabretti
Application (OJ)
23/08/2013 Blanco and Fabretti
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling – Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma –Interpretation of Articles 46 and 49 EC (now Articles 52 and 56 TFEU) – National legislation under which sums won in games of hazard arranged abroad are subject to income tax – Public policy

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.03 Freedom to provide services
      4.04.03.01 The various services


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 24/06/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

22/10/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 439 from 08.12.2014, p.8

Application: OJ C 260 from 07.09.2013, p.26

Name of the parties

Blanco and Fabretti

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Maisto, Guglielmo: C-344/13, C-367/13, Blanco and Fabretti, ECJ - Recent Developments in Direct taxation 2013 (Ed. Linde - Wien) 2014 p.117-129 (EN)
  2. Berlin, Dominique: La lutte contre le blanchiment d'argent ne justifie pas une discrimination fiscale, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2014 nº 45 p.1160 (FR)
  3. Martis, Marcella: Rivista di diritto tributario internazionale 2014 nº 01 p.169-191 (IT)
  4. Simon, Denys: Jeux de hasard, Europe 2014 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.26-27 (FR)
  5. Combet, Mathieu: La libre prestation des services dans le domaine des jeux de hasard : retour aux fondamentaux pour la Cour de justice, Revue Lamy de la Concurrence : droit, économie, régulation 2015 nº 101 p.63-64 (FR)
  6. O'Shea, Tom: CJEU Says Italy's Taxation of Gambling Rules Infringe EU Law, Tax Notes International 2015 p.611-614 (EN)
  7. Petauer, Boštjan: Ali je različna obdavčitev dobitkov iz tujine in dobitkov iz nacionalnih igralnic v skladu z določbami Pogodbe o delovanju Evropske unije (PDEU) diskriminatorna?, Davčno-finančna praksa : davki, finance, zavarovalnistvo 2015 n° 2 p.13-17 (SL)
  8. Bernardeau, Ludovic: Revenus des jeux de hasard et droit de 1’UE: <<les jeux sont faits >> ou < rien ne va plus>>?, Revue de droit fiscal 2015 Comm. 58 p.67-72 (FR)
  9. Bernardeau, Ludovic: Revenus des jeux de hasard et droit de l'UE : "les jeux sont faits" ou "rien ne va plus" ?, Revue de droit fiscal 2015 p.69-72 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Commissione tributaria provinciale di Roma - Italy

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services

Provisions of national law referred to

decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 22/12/1986 n° 917, art. 67, comma 1, lett. d) , art. 69, comma 1 decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 29/09/1973 n° 600, art. 30, commi 1 e 2 decreto legislativo 18/12/1997, nº472/1997, art. 6, 10, comma 3 decreto legislativo 31/12/1992 n° 546 - Disposizioni sul processo tributario in attuazione della delega al Governo contenuta nell'art. 30 della legge 30 dicembre 1991, n. 413, art 6, comma 2 decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 26/10/1972 n° 640, art. 3 legge 29/05/2009 n° 76

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Toader

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available