Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 December 2015

WebMindLicenses kft v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Kiemelt Adó- és Vám Főigazgatóság

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 2, 24, 43, 250 and 273 — Place of supply of electronically supplied services — Artificial fixing of that place by means of an arrangement not reflecting economic reality — Abuse of rights — Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7, 8, 41, 47, 48, 51(1) and 52(1) and (3) — Rights of the defence — Right to be heard — Use by the tax authorities of evidence obtained without the taxable person’s knowledge in the context of a parallel criminal procedure that has not been concluded — Interception of telecommunications and seizure of emails

Case C-419/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/02/2016 WebMindLicenses
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:832
17/12/2015 WebMindLicenses
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:832
17/12/2015 WebMindLicenses
Application (OJ)
21/11/2014 WebMindLicenses
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2015:606
16/09/2015 WebMindLicenses
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.03 Place of taxable transactions
          4.10.02.01.03.03 Place of supply of services
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.13 Administrative cooperation and combating tax fraud
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.01 Sources of EU law
    1.01.02 General principles of law
      1.01.02.05 Rights of the defence and procedural guarantees
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.07 Respect for private and family life
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.10 Tax provisions
    4.10.02 Harmonization of tax legislation
      4.10.02.01 Value added tax
        4.10.02.01.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 08/09/2014

Date of the Opinion

  • 16/09/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/12/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 68 from 22.02.2016, p.16

Application: OJ C 439 from 08.12.2014, p.17

Name of the parties

WebMindLicenses

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Argalias, Panagiotis I.: Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2015 p.478-481 (EL)
  2. Haas, F.J.P.M.: Beslissingen in belastingzaken 2016 Afl.24 p.1393-1396 (NL)
  3. Merkx, M.M.W.D. ; Verburg, K.: In het web van WebMindLicenses: dubbele heffing BIJ misbruik van recht?, Weekblad voor fiscaal recht 2016 p.687-693 (NL)
  4. Van der Paardt, René: WebMindLicenses. Transfer of know-how enabling operation of erotic site from Hungary to Madeira. Abusive practice if its objective is to conceal the fact that the site is in fact operated from Hungary, Highlights & Insights on European Taxation 2016 nº 4 p.52-54 (EN)
  5. Simon, Denys: Enquêtes fiscales, Europe 2016 Février Comm. nº 2 p.12-13 (FR)
  6. Carrasco González, Francisco M.: 2. Sentencia del TJUE (Sala Tercera) de 17 de Diciembre de 2015, WEBMIND - Licences, C-419/14, EU:C2015:832, Revista española de Derecho Financiero 2016 p.170 pp. 276-279 (ES)
  7. Takis, Athanasios: Armenopoulos 2016 p.535-538 (EL)
  8. Bogdanova, Anna ; Andrijevska, Elīna: TIESĪBU ĻAUNPRĀTĪGA IZMANTOŠANA, NOSLĒDZOT ZINĀTĪBAS NOMAS LĪGUMU AR CITĀ DALĪBVALSTĪ DIBINĀTU SABIEDRĪBU, Jurista vārds 2016 nº 26 p.31-32 (LV)
  9. Berlin, Dominique: Le parfum du jasmin... et le respect de la vie privée : précisions sur l'abus de droit fiscal, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2016 nº 1-2 p.51 (FR)
  10. Barkhuysen, T. ; Van Emmerik, M.L. ; Vervorst, J.C.: Administratiefrechtelijke beslissingen ; Rechtspraak bestuursrecht 2016 Afl.42 p.2451-2454 (NL)
  11. Van der Hulle, R. ; De Bree, R.: De leer van de Hoge Raad over onrechtmatig bewijs (‘zozeer indruist’-criterium) door het EU Handvest op de schop?, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2016 p.304-310 (NL)
  12. Wersand, Frédéric: Décision rendue par la C.J.U.E. dans l’affaire WebMindLicenses kft (C-419/14) : transfert de savoir-faire et abus de droit en matière de TVA, Revue générale de fiscalité luxembourgeoise 2016 p.32-34 (FR)
  13. Vrabie, Mihaela: Respectarea dreptului la apărare ca principiu general al dreptului Uniunii Europene de către autoritățile administrative ale statelor membre, Revista românã de drept comunitar 2016 nº 3 p.108-116 (RO)
  14. Grube, Friederike: Etwaiger Gestaltungsmissbrauch hinsichtlich des Leistungsorts bei elektronisch erbrachten Dienstleistungen/Pflicht der Finanzverwaltung zur Durchführung eines Auskunftsersuchens/Verwertbarkeit von Beweisen aus offenem Strafverfahren nach Maßgabe der EU-Grundrechte-Charta - WebMindLicenses Kft., Vorabentscheidungsersuchen des Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Ungarn), Mehrwertsteuerrecht 2016 p.162-163 (DE)
  15. Covolo, Valentina: L’échange d’informations entre autorités administratives et judiciaires, Eucrim : The European Criminal Law Associations' Forum 2016 Issue 3 p.146-150 (FR)
  16. Bisogno, Marina: Beneficiare di un'aliquota Iva inferiore non costituisce di per sé abuso del diritto, Rivista di diritto tributario internazionale 2017 nº unico p.175-201 (IT)
  17. Gundel, Jörg: Verfahrensrecht: Nichtigkeitsklage gegen Durchführungsbeschluss des Rates zum Auferlegen von Sanktionen wegen Datenmanipulation, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.297-298 (DE)
  18. Bourgeois, Marc ; Verscheure, Céline: Les effets insoupçonnés de l'arrêt Webmindlicenses de la Cour de justice sur la doctrine "Antigone" en droit fiscal belge, L'Europe au présent ! (ELS Belgium s.a., 2018. Éditions Bruylant) 2018 p.787-814 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság - Hungary

Subject-matter

  • Fundamental rights
  • - European Convention on Human Rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • - Charter of Fundamental Rights
  • Taxation
  • - Value added tax
  • Freedom to provide services
  • Freedom of establishment

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French