Order — ECLI:EU:C:2011:231
Date: 2011-04-08
Language of the case: Romanian
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Taxation;Internal taxation
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Romania

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Craiova (Romania) lodged on 6 July 2010 - Administraţia Finanţelor Publice a Municipiului Târgu-Jiu, Administraţia Fondului Pentru Mediu v Victor Vinel Ijac (Case C-336/10) Language of the case: Romanian Referring court Curtea de Apel Craiova Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: Administraţia Finanţelor Publice a Municipiului Târgu-Jiu, Administraţia Fondului Pentru Mediu Defendant: Victor Vinel Ijac Question referred Is the first paragraph of Article 110 TFEU (formerly Article 90 EC) to be interpreted as precluding a Member State from introducing a tax with the characteristics of the pollution tax governed by Government Emergency Order No 50/2008, which levies a pollution tax on the registration in Romania of imported second-hand motor vehicles already registered in other Member States of the European Union, while that tax is not levied on second-hand motor vehicles registered in Romania in the event of their re-sale and consequent re-registration, in that such a tax could amount to a domestic tax on goods from other Member States which is indirectly discriminatory when compared with the tax treatment of domestic goods? ____________