15.6.2013
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 171/2
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 April 2013 — European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden
(Case C-480/10) (1)
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Taxation - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 11 - National legislation restricting the possibility of forming a group of persons which can be regarded as a single taxable person for VAT purposes to undertakings in the financial and insurance sector)
2013/C 171/02
Language of the case: Swedish
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: R. Lyal and K. Simonsson, acting as Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: A. Falk and S. Johannesson, acting as Agents)
Interveners in support of the defendant: Ireland (represented by: D. O’Hagan, acting as Agent, and by G. Clohessy, SC, and N. Travers, BL), Republic of Finland (represented by: H. Leppo, acting as Agent)
Re:
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Infringement of Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1) — National legislation limiting application of the rules on VAT groups only to undertakings carrying out activities in the financial sector
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs;
3.
Orders Ireland and the Republic of Finland to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 328, 4.12.2010.
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