Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 1 October 2020

Staatssecretaris van Financiën v X

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Taxation – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 98 – Option for the Member States to apply a reduced rate of VAT to certain supplies of goods and services – Annex III, point 1 – Definitions of ‘foodstuffs for human consumption’ and ‘products normally used to supplement foodstuffs or as a substitute for foodstuffs’ – Aphrodisiac products

Case C-331/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
06/11/2020 Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:786
01/10/2020 Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)
Application (OJ)
12/07/2019 Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)
Request for a preliminary ruling
23/04/2019 Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:122
27/02/2020 Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (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
        4.10.02.01.06 Rates


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/04/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/02/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

01/10/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Staatssecretaris van Financiën (Taux réduit de TVA pour aphrodisiaques)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bassani, Vincent: Fiscalité - Denrées alimentaires, Europe 2020, n° 12 Décembre, Comm. 399 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands

Subject-matter

  • Taxation
  • - Value added tax
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • - Foodstuffs
  • Public health
  • Consumer protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Wet op de omzetbelasting, artikel 9, tweede lid , onder a)

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

dixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Juhász

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Polish