CELEX: 62017CN0076
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-76/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 13 February 2017 — SC Petrotel Lukoil SA, Maria Magdalena Georgescu v Ministerul Economiei, Ministerul Energiei, Ministerul Finanțelor Publice

15.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 151/19
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție (Romania) lodged on 13 February 2017 — SC Petrotel Lukoil SA, Maria Magdalena Georgescu v Ministerul Economiei, Ministerul Energiei, Ministerul Finanțelor Publice
   (Case C-76/17)
   (2017/C 151/24)
   Language of the case: Romanian
   
      Referring court
   
   Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: SC Petrotel Lukoil SA, Maria Magdalena Georgescu
   
      Defendants: Ministerul Economiei, Ministerul Energiei, Ministerul Finanțelor Publice
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Do the provisions of Article 30 of TFEU preclude an interpretation to the effect that, when a taxpayer has in fact paid a charge having equivalent effect, he may request the recovery of the sums paid by way of that charge even though national legislation has designed a payment mechanism for that charge in such a way as to pass it on to the European consumer?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Is the recovery of sums collected in respect of a charge having equivalent effect, when those sums were in fact paid by the taxpayer (but not passed on to the consumer), compatible with EU law?