CELEX: C2006/086/26
Language: en
Date: 2006-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-63/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Vyriausiasis Administracinis Teismas by order of that court of  20 December 2005  in UAB  Profisa  v Muitines Departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Finansų Ministerijos

8.4.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 86/14
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Vyriausiasis Administracinis Teismas by order of that court of 20 December 2005 in UAB ‘Profisa’ v Muitines Departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Finansų Ministerijos
   (Case C-63/06)
   (2006/C 86/26)
   Language of the case: Lithuanian
   Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by order of the Lietuvos Vyriausiasis Administracinis Teismas (Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania) (Lithuania) of 20 December 2005, received at the Court Registry on 3 February 2006, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between UAB 'Profisa' and Muitines Departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Finansų Ministerijos (Customs Department of the Ministry of Finances of the Republic of Lithuania) on the following question:
   Having regard to the differences in various language versions in the wording of Council Directive 92/83/EEC (1) of 19 October 1992 on the harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages, is Article 27(1)(f) of that directive to be understood as imposing an obligation on Member States to exempt from excise duty ethyl alcohol imported into the customs territory of the European Communities and contained in chocolate products intended for direct use, where the alcohol content does not exceed 8.5 litres for every 100 kilograms of the chocolate products?
   
      (1)  OJ L 316, p. 21.