6.3.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 70/5
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 January 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf — Germany) — Wortmann KG Internationale Schuhproduktionen v Hauptzollamt Bielefeld
(Case C-365/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Customs Union and Common Customs Tariff - Reimbursement of import duties - Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (Customs Code) - Article 241, first paragraph, first indent - Obligation of a Member State to provide for the payment of default interest even where no action has been brought before the national courts))
(2017/C 070/06)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Finanzgericht Düsseldorf
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Wortmann KG Internationale Schuhproduktionen
Defendant: Hauptzollamt Bielefeld
Operative part of the judgment
Where import duties, including anti-dumping duties, are reimbursed on the ground that they have been levied in breach of EU law, this being a matter for the referring court to determine, there is an obligation on Member States, arising from EU law, to pay to individuals with a right to reimbursement the corresponding interest which runs from the date of payment by those individuals of the duties reimbursed.
(1) OJ C 328, 5.10.2015.
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