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Document 62011CN0544

Case C-544/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) lodged on 24 October 2011 — Helga Petersen, Peter Petersen v Finanzamt Ludwigshafen

SL C 25, 28.1.2012, p. 31–32 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

28.1.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 25/31


Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany) lodged on 24 October 2011 — Helga Petersen, Peter Petersen v Finanzamt Ludwigshafen

(Case C-544/11)

(2012/C 25/57)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Finanzgericht Rheinland-Pfalz

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Helga Petersen, Peter Petersen

Defendant: Finanzamt Ludwigshafen

Question referred

Is a legal provision compatible with Article 49 of the Treaty establishing the European Community (in the version of the Nice Treaty signed on 26 February 2001; now Article 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) if it makes a tax exemption for income of an employee who is taxable in Germany dependent on the employer being established in Germany, but does not provide for such exemption if the employer is established in another EU Member State?


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