Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 3 March 2020

Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Fellebbviteli Igazgatósága

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

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of establishment — Turnover tax in the store retail trade sector — Progressive tax having a greater impact on undertakings owned by natural or legal persons of other Member States than on national undertakings — Progressive tax bands applicable to all taxable persons — Neutrality of the amount of turnover as a criterion of differentiation — Ability to pay of taxable persons

Case C-323/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/04/2020 Tesco-Global Áruházak
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:140
03/03/2020 Tesco-Global Áruházak
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2020:140
03/03/2020 Tesco-Global Áruházak
Application (OJ)
17/08/2018 Tesco-Global Áruházak
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:567
04/07/2019 Tesco-Global Áruházak
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

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.04 Procedure for reviewing aid
      4.09.04.03 Direct effect of the final sentence of Article 108(3) TFEU and role of national courts
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.09 State aid
    4.09.01 Definition of aid
      4.09.01.00 General
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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/05/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 04/07/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

03/03/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Tesco-Global Áruházak

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Cazet, Safia: Fiscalité - Impôt progressif, aides d'État et liberté d'établissement, Europe 2020, n° 5 Mai, Comm. 163 (FR)
  2. Mason, Ruth: What the CJEUʹs Hungarian cases mean for digital taxes, Tax Notes International 2020 Vol. 98 nº 2 p. 161-170 (EN)
  3. Agnolucci, Irene: Turnover-based taxes in EU state aid control: the ‘hypothecation test’ and its relationship with free movement : cases C-75/18 Vodafone Magyarország, C-323/18 Tesco-Global Áruházak and C‑482/18 Google Ireland : annotation, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2020 p. 193-198 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Fővárosi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság - Hungary

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Bonichot

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • Hungarian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German