CELEX: 62014CA0114
Language: en
Date: 2015-04-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-114/14: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Value added tax — Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC — Directive 2006/112/EC — Articles 132(1)(a) and 135(1)(h) — Exemptions — Public postal services — Postage stamps — Directive 97/67/CE)

22.6.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 205/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 21 April 2015 — European Commission v Kingdom of Sweden
   (Case C-114/14) (1)
   
   ((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Value added tax - Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC - Directive 2006/112/EC - Articles 132(1)(a) and 135(1)(h) - Exemptions - Public postal services - Postage stamps - Directive 97/67/CE))
   (2015/C 205/14)
   Language of the case: Swedish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: J. Enegren and L. Lozano Palacios, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: U. Persson and A. Falk, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Declares that, by failing to exempt from value added tax the supply by the public postal services of services other than passenger transport and telecommunications services, and the supply of goods incidental thereto, and the supply at face value of postage stamps valid for use for postal services within national territory, the Kingdom of Sweden has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 132(1)(a) and 135(1)(h) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Kingdom of Sweden to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.