Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-126/15European Commission v Portuguese Republic
- Decided
- 2017-06-29
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:504
- CELEX
- 62015CJ0126
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Excise duty on cigarettes — Directive 2008/118/EC — Chargeability — Place and time duty falls due — Tax markings — Free movement of goods subject to excise duty — Temporal limit on the marketing and sale of packets of cigarettes — Principle of proportionality.
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Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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