Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber), 19 July 2012

Finanzamt Frankfurt am Main V-Höchst v Deutsche Bank AG

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesfinanzhof

Directive 2006/112/EC — Article 56(1)(e) — Article 135(1)(f) and (g) — Exemption for transactions relating to the management of securities-based assets (portfolio management)

Case C‑44/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
14/09/2012 Deutsche Bank
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:484
19/07/2012 Deutsche Bank
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2012:484
19/07/2012 Deutsche Bank
Application (OJ)
14/05/2011 Deutsche Bank
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:276
08/05/2012 Deutsche Bank
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

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Bundesfinanzhof – Interpretation of Article 56(1)(e) and Article 135(1)(f) and (g) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) – Exemption of operations consisting in individual portfolio management for private clients

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
        4.10.02.01.07 Exemptions
          4.10.02.01.07.02 Exemptions for other activities
            4.10.02.01.07.02.04 Transactions in securities
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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/01/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 08/05/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/07/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 145 from 14.05.2011, p.6

Judgment: OJ C 295 from 29.09.2012, p.7

Name of the parties

Deutsche Bank

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Van Norden, Gert-Jan: Highlights & Insights on European Taxation 2012 nº 10 p.66-68 (EN)
  2. Féron, Ivan: L'exonération des opérations sur titres de sociétés ne s'applique pas à la gestion de patrimoine au moyen de valeurs mobilières, Revue de droit fiscal 2012 nº 454 p.50-53 (FR)
  3. Mosbrucker, Anne-Laure: Exonération de TVA, Europe 2012 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.44-45 (FR)
  4. Sedlacek, Max: Portfolioverwaltung im Hinblick auf MwSt-Befreiung, Ecolex 2012 p.823-824 (DE)
  5. Dahm, Joachim ; Hamacher, Rolfjosef: Vermögensverwaltung und Umsatzsteuer - Abgrenzung zweier EuGH-Entscheidungen, Umsatzsteuer-Rundschau 2012 p.817-820 (DE)
  6. Thunshirn, Roman: Vorsteuerabzug und Umsatzsteuerpflicht für Bankspesen - Bestandsprovisionen im Lichte der EuGH-Rechtsprechung, Betriebs-Berater 2013 p.1117-1124 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesfinanzhof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Taxation
  • - Value added tax

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

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Rosas

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English