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Document 62018CA0655
Case C-655/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna — Bulgaria) — Teritorialna direktsiya ‘Severna morska’ kam Agentsiya Mitnitsi, successor in law to Mitnitsa Varna v Schenker EOOD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 — Removal from customs supervision — Theft of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure — Article 242 — Person responsible for the removal — Holder of the authorisation for customs warehousing — Penalty for failure to comply with the customs legislation — Article 42 — Obligation to pay a sum corresponding to the value of the missing goods — Combination with a pecuniary penalty — Proportionality)
Case C-655/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna — Bulgaria) — Teritorialna direktsiya ‘Severna morska’ kam Agentsiya Mitnitsi, successor in law to Mitnitsa Varna v Schenker EOOD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 — Removal from customs supervision — Theft of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure — Article 242 — Person responsible for the removal — Holder of the authorisation for customs warehousing — Penalty for failure to comply with the customs legislation — Article 42 — Obligation to pay a sum corresponding to the value of the missing goods — Combination with a pecuniary penalty — Proportionality)
Case C-655/18: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna — Bulgaria) — Teritorialna direktsiya ‘Severna morska’ kam Agentsiya Mitnitsi, successor in law to Mitnitsa Varna v Schenker EOOD (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Customs union — Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 — Removal from customs supervision — Theft of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure — Article 242 — Person responsible for the removal — Holder of the authorisation for customs warehousing — Penalty for failure to comply with the customs legislation — Article 42 — Obligation to pay a sum corresponding to the value of the missing goods — Combination with a pecuniary penalty — Proportionality)
OJ C 161, 11.5.2020, p. 8–8
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
11.5.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 161/8 |
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 4 March 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Administrativen sad — Varna — Bulgaria) — Teritorialna direktsiya ‘Severna morska’ kam Agentsiya Mitnitsi, successor in law to Mitnitsa Varna v Schenker EOOD
(Case C-655/18) (1)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs union - Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 - Removal from customs supervision - Theft of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure - Article 242 - Person responsible for the removal - Holder of the authorisation for customs warehousing - Penalty for failure to comply with the customs legislation - Article 42 - Obligation to pay a sum corresponding to the value of the missing goods - Combination with a pecuniary penalty - Proportionality)
(2020/C 161/11)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Referring court
Administrativen sad — Varna
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant in the appeal on a point of law: Teritorialna direktsiya ‘Severna morska’ kam Agentsiya Mitnitsi, successor in law to Mitnitsa Varna
Respondent in the appeal on a point of law: Schenker EOOD
Intervener: Okrazhna prokuratura — Varna
Operative part of the judgment
1. |
Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation under which, in the event of theft of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure, a pecuniary penalty is imposed on the holder of the customs warehousing authorisation for failure to comply with the customs legislation. |
2. |
Article 42(1) of Regulation No 952/2013 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation under which, in the event of removal from customs supervision of goods placed under a customs warehousing procedure, the holder of the customs warehousing authorisation is required to pay, in addition to a pecuniary penalty, a sum corresponding to the value of those goods. |