CELEX: 62019CB0679
Language: en
Date: 2019-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Case C-679/19: Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov — Romania) — NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București (Request for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 — Scope — Articles 63 and 65 TFEU — Free movement of capital — Transport of large amounts of cash entering or leaving the territory of a Member State — Obligation to declare — Sanctions — Fine and confiscation for the benefit of the State of an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros — Proportionality)

27.4.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 137/27
            
         
      Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 19 December 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Ilfov — Romania) — NL v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București
      (Case C-679/19) (1)
      
      (Request for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Controls of cash entering or leaving the European Union - Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 - Scope - Articles 63 and 65 TFEU - Free movement of capital - Transport of large amounts of cash entering or leaving the territory of a Member State - Obligation to declare - Sanctions - Fine and confiscation for the benefit of the State of an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros - Proportionality)
      (2020/C 137/36)
      Language of the case: Romanian
      
         Referring court
      
      Tribunalul Ilfov
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: NL
      
         Defendant: Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice București
      
         Operative part of the order
      
      Articles 63 and 65 TFEU must be interpreted as precluding the rules of a Member State which, for the purpose of sanctioning the failure of the obligation to declare large sums of cash entering or leaving the territory of that State provides, in addition to the imposition of an administrative fine, for the confiscation for the benefit of the State an undeclared sum in excess of 10 000 euros.
      
         (1)  OJ C 423, 17.12.2019