# C_2009312EN.01001701.xml

| 19.12.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 312/17 |
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19.12.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 312/17

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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (France) lodged on 29 September 2009 — PRUNUS SARL v Directeur des Services Fiscaux

(Case C-384/09)

2009/C 312/27

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Referring court

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris

Parties to the main proceedings

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Prunus SARL

Applicant:

Defendant: Directeur des Services Fiscaux

Defendant:

Questions referred

Questions referred

| 1. | Does Article 56 et seq. of the EC Treaty preclude legislation such as that laid down by Article 990 D et seq. of the Code général des impôts which grants legal persons having their effective centre of management in France or, since 1 January 2008, in a Member State of the European Union, entitlement to exemption from the tax at issue and which, as regards legal persons having their effective centre of management in the territory of a non-Member State, makes that entitlement conditional either on the existence of a convention on administrative assistance to combat tax evasion and avoidance concluded between France and that State or on there being a requirement, under a treaty containing a clause prohibiting discrimination on grounds of nationality, that those legal persons are not to be taxed more heavily than legal persons having their effective centre of management in France? |
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Does Article 56 et seq. of the EC Treaty preclude legislation such as that laid down by Article 990 D et seq. of the Code général des impôts which grants legal persons having their effective centre of management in France or, since 1 January 2008, in a Member State of the European Union, entitlement to exemption from the tax at issue and which, as regards legal persons having their effective centre of management in the territory of a non-Member State, makes that entitlement conditional either on the existence of a convention on administrative assistance to combat tax evasion and avoidance concluded between France and that State or on there being a requirement, under a treaty containing a clause prohibiting discrimination on grounds of nationality, that those legal persons are not to be taxed more heavily than legal persons having their effective centre of management in France?

| 2. | Does Article 56 et seq. of the EC Treaty preclude legislation such as that laid down by Article 990 F of the Code général des impôts which enables tax services to hold jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax provided for in Article 990 D et seq. of the Code général des impôts any legal person interposed between the party or parties liable to the tax and the immovable properties or rights in such properties? |
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2.

Does Article 56 et seq. of the EC Treaty preclude legislation such as that laid down by Article 990 F of the Code général des impôts which enables tax services to hold jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax provided for in Article 990 D et seq. of the Code général des impôts any legal person interposed between the party or parties liable to the tax and the immovable properties or rights in such properties?

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