7.12.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 359/5 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės (Lithuania) lodged on 7 October 2013 — Fast Bunkering Klaipėda UAB v Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
(Case C-526/13)
2013/C 359/07
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Referring court
Mokestinių ginčų komisija prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Fast Bunkering Klaipėda UAB
Defendant: Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija prie Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerijos
Question referred
Must Article 148(a) of Directive 2006/112 (1) be interpreted as meaning that the provisions of that paragraph concerning exemption from VAT are applicable not only to supplies to the operator of a vessel used for navigation on the high seas, who uses those goods for provisioning the vessel, but also to supplies other than to the operator of the vessel, that is to say, to undisclosed intermediaries, where at the time of the supply the ultimate use of the goods is known in advance and duly established, and evidence confirming this is submitted to the tax authority in accordance with the legislative requirements?
(1) Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).