Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 May 2017

X v Ministerraad

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Grondwettelijk Hof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Parent-Subsidiary Directive — Tax legislation — Tax on company profits — Distribution of dividends — Withholding tax — Double taxation — ‘Fairness tax’

Case C-68/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/07/2017 X
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:379
17/05/2017 X
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:379
17/05/2017 X
Application (OJ)
17/04/2015 X
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:886
17/11/2016 X
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
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.02 Freedom of establishment
      4.04.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.13 Common corporate tax regime
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.13 Common corporate tax regime


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/02/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 17/11/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/05/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 239 from 24.07.2017, p.3

Application: OJ C 146 from 04.05.2015, p.16

Name of the parties

X

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. O'Shea, Tom: CJEU Says Belgian Fairness Tax on Dividends Violates EU Law, Tax Notes International 2017 p.361-365 (EN)
  2. Cazet, Safia: Fiscalité des sociétés, Europe 2017 Juillet Comm. nº 263 p.31-32 (FR)
  3. Verleysen, A.: Heeft de fairness tax nog toekomst? Hof van Justitie legt de bal in het kamp van het Grondwettelijk Hof, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2017 p.527-531 (NL)
  4. Maitrot de la Motte, Alexandre ; Silberman, Lauren: Les clauses anti-abus, le droit primaire et le droit dérivé de l'Union européenne: presque rien sur presque tout, Revue de droit fiscal 2018 n°4 p.56-65 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Grondwettelijk Hof - Belgium

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment
  • Taxation

Provisions of national law referred to

Code des impôts sur les revenus, article 198, § 1er, 1º Loi du 30/07/2013 portant des dispositions diverses ("Fairness Tax"), articles 43 à 51

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Fernlund

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German