Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-305/16Avon Cosmetics Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- Decided
- 2017-12-14
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:970
- CELEX
- 62016CJ0305
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
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Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Article 11A(1)(a) — Taxable amount — Article 17 — Right to deduct — Article 27 — Special derogating measures — Decision 89/534/EEC — Marketing structure based on the supply of goods through non-taxable persons — Taxation on the open market value of the goods as determined at the final stage of the marketing chain — Inclusion of the costs incurred by those persons.
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