CELEX: 62021CN0664
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-05 00:00:00
Title: Case C-664/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 5 November 2021 — NEC PLUS ULTRA COSMETICS AG v Republic of Slovenia

7.2.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 64/14
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 5 November 2021 — NEC PLUS ULTRA COSMETICS AG v Republic of Slovenia
      (Case C-664/21)
      (2022/C 64/23)
      Language of the case: Slovenian
      
         Referring court
      
      Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellant: NEC PLUS ULTRA COSMETICS AG
      
         Respondent: Republic of Slovenia
      
         Question referred
      
      Do the provisions of the VAT Directive, (1) in particular Articles 131 and 138(1) thereof, and the principles of EU law, in particular the principles of tax neutrality, effectiveness and proportionality, preclude national legislation which prohibits the submission and acceptance of new evidence to demonstrate satisfaction of the substantive requirements laid down in Article 138(1) of the VAT Directive, already during the administrative procedure at first instance, and more specifically in the context of the observations submitted on the tax inspection report issued before a tax assessment notice has been issued?
      
         (1)  Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1).