Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 December 2025 – Commission v Belgium (Deduction of maintenance payments II)
(Case C-662/24) 1
(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Freedom of movement for workers – Article 45 TFEU – Article 28 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area – Judgment of the Court finding a failure to fulfil obligations – Article 260(2) TFEU – Incomplete implementation of the judgment of 10 March 2022, Commission v Belgium (Deduction of maintenance payments) (C-60/21) – Income tax – Deduction of maintenance payments – Inadmissibility – Lack of identity between the complaints put forward and those made in the case giving rise to the judgment finding the failure to fulfil obligations)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented initially by A. Ferrand and W. Roels, acting as Agents, and subsequently by W. Roels, acting as Agent)
Defendant: Kingdom of Belgium (represented by: S. Baeyens, P. Cottin and C. Pochet, acting as Agents)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders the European Commission to pay the costs.
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1 OJ C, C/2025/49.