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Case C-63/19: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 — European Commission v Italian Republic (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Article 258 TFEU — Directive 2003/96/EC — Taxation of energy products and electricity — Articles 4 and 19 — Regional law adopted by the autonomous region of a Member State — Contribution towards the purchase of petrol and diesel subject to excise duties — Article 6(c) — Exemption from or reduction of excise duty — Concept of ‘refunding all or part of’ the amount of taxation — No evidence of a link between that contribution and excise duties)

OJ C 72, 1.3.2021, p. 4–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

1.3.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 72/4


Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 January 2021 — European Commission v Italian Republic

(Case C-63/19) (1)

(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Article 258 TFEU - Directive 2003/96/EC - Taxation of energy products and electricity - Articles 4 and 19 - Regional law adopted by the autonomous region of a Member State - Contribution towards the purchase of petrol and diesel subject to excise duties - Article 6(c) - Exemption from or reduction of excise duty - Concept of ‘refunding all or part of’ the amount of taxation - No evidence of a link between that contribution and excise duties)

(2021/C 72/05)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and F. Tomat, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Italian Republic (represented by: G. Palmieri, acting as Agent, and by G.M. De Socio, avvocato dello Stato)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Kingdom of Spain (represented by: S. Jiménez García and J. Rodríguez de la Rúa, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the action;

2.

Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;

3.

Orders the Kingdom of Spain to bear its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.


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