On 5 March, the European Court of Justice delivered a judgment that found the sales tax imposed from 1 June 2010 to 31 December 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia, to be a violation of EU law and the excise duty directive. This means that illegally collected sales tax must be returned to companies, with interest. Our […]
Sorainen represented the European Commission jointly with members of the Commission’s legal service in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg under a preliminary reference (TFEU article 267). The case concerned a reference by an Estonian appeal court as to proper interpretation of the rules for fees on official controls […]