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Case C-151/08: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 November 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — N.N. Renta SA v Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Regional de Cataluña (TEARC), Generalidad de Cataluña (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Sixth VAT Directive — Article 33(1) — Definition of turnover taxes — Duty on transfers of assets and documented legal transactions)

OJ C 90, 18.4.2009, p. 6–7 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

18.4.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 90/6


Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 November 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Spain) — N.N. Renta SA v Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Regional de Cataluña (TEARC), Generalidad de Cataluña

(Case C-151/08) (1)

(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Sixth VAT Directive - Article 33(1) - Definition of ‘turnover taxes’ - Duty on transfers of assets and documented legal transactions)

2009/C 90/09

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña

Parties

Applicant: N.N. Renta SA

Defendant: Tribunal Económico-Administrativo Regional de Cataluña (TEARC), Generalidad de Cataluña

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Cataluña — Interpretation of Art. 33 of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1) — Definition of ‘turnover taxes’ — National duty on capital transfers and documented legal transactions

Operative part of the order

Article 33(1) of Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment, as amended by Council Directive 91/680/EEC of 16 December 1991, must be interpreted as meaning that it does not preclude the charging of the variable or proportional amount of the duty on transfers of assets and documented legal transactions when it is chargeable on the conclusion of a purchase by an undertaking whose business activity consists of buying and selling immovable property or purchasing immovable property for development or letting.


(1)  OJ C 158, 21.6.2008.


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