Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 18 November 2020

European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Taxation – Value added tax (VAT) – Directive 2006/112/EC – Article 170 and Article 171(1) – VAT refund to taxable persons who are not established in the Member State in which they purchase goods and services or import goods subject to VAT but who are established in another Member State – Directive 2008/9/EC – Rules for the refund of VAT – Articles 9 and 10 – Article 15(1) – Article 20 – No copy of an invoice or an importation document – Systematic rejection of incomplete refund applications – Refusal to ask the taxable person to complete the application after the expiry of the time limit for submitting an application – Principle of fiscal neutrality – Principle of proportionality – Admissibility

Case C-371/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/01/2021 Commission v Germany (Remboursement de TVA - Factures)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:936
18/11/2020 Commission v Germany (Remboursement de TVA - Factures)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:C:2020:936
18/11/2020 Commission v Germany (Remboursement de TVA - Factures)
Application (OJ)
07/06/2019 Commission v Germany (Remboursement de TVA - Factures)
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.01 Actions for failure to fulfil obligations
    3.01.00 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
        4.10.02.01.08 Deductions and refunds
          4.10.02.01.08.06 Refunds
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
        4.10.02.01.08 Deductions and refunds
          4.10.02.01.08.06 Refunds


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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

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Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

18/11/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Commission v Germany (Remboursement de TVA - Factures)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Recours en manquement - « Pratique » d'un État membre, Europe 2021, nº 1 Janvier, comm. 9 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Taxation
  • - Value added tax

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  • Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Juhász

Advocate General

Richard de la Tour

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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