Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-441/16SMS group GmbH v Direcţia Generală Regională a Finanţelor Publice Bucureşti
- Decided
- 2017-09-21
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:712
- CELEX
- 62016CJ0441
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Value added tax (VAT) — Eighth Directive 79/1072/EEC — Directive 2006/112/EC — Taxable person residing in another Member State — Refund of VAT charged on imported goods — Conditions — Objective elements confirming the intention of the taxable person to use the imported goods in the course of his economic activities — Serious risk of non-completion of the transaction that justified the importation.
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