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1 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw ACTE CLAIR AND LIMITATIONS OF THE TEMPORAL EFFECTS OF ECJ JUDGMENTS Prof. Dr. Michael Lang Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)

2 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 2 ECJ CASE LAW n ECJ CASE LAW ON ACTE CLAIR n ECJ CASE LAW ON LIMITATIONS OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS OF JUDGMENTS n HOW DO THESE DEVELOPMENTS FIT TOGETHER?

3 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 3 PRELIMINARY RULING ON LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS: LEGAL BASIS? n WORDING OF ART 234 EC n „RAISED BEFORE A DOMESTIC COURT“? n „NECESSARY TO ENABLE TO GIVE JUDGMENT“? n ECJ ACCEPTS SUCH REQUESTS

4 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 4 PRELIMINARY RULING ON LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS: OBLIGATION? (I) n COURT OF LAST INSTANCE: OBLIGATION, UNLESS THERE ARE NO DOUBTS n PREMLIMINARY RULING: ALWAYS OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE QUESTION ON LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS? n BUT: ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES

5 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 5 PRELIMINARY RULING ON LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS: OBLIGATION? (II) n CILFIT CASE LAW WOULD BECOME OBSOLETE? n AFTER MEILICKE: IN CILFIT SITUATION NO QUESTION ABOUT LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS n PRACTICE: RARE EXCEPTION n DIFFERENT SITUATION: GOVERNMENTS, PRIVATE PARTIES …

6 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 6 RELEVANT CRITERIA n GOOD FAITH AND LEGAL UNCERTAINTY n EKW: RELEVANCE OF UNOFFICIAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND COMMISSION n SERIOUS ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS n IN OTHER MEMBER STATES IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE n PRELIMINARY RULINGS: MORE OFTEN

7 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 7 REJECTION OF REQUEST FOR LIMITATION OF TEMPORAL EFFECTS n MEILICKE n VERKOIJEN n WHY NOT MANNINEN? n WHY NOT BAARS? n LEVEL OF SIMILARITY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE

8 Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law www.wu-wien.ac.at/taxlaw 8 CONCLUSIONS n DIFFICULTIES n TENSIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT CASE LAW


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