CELEX: 62015CA0648
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-12 00:00:00
Title: Case C-648/15: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 September 2017 — Republic of Austria v Federal Republic of Germany (Article 273 TFEU — Dispute between Member States submitted to the Court under a special agreement between the parties — Taxation — Bilateral convention for the avoidance of double taxation — Taxation of interest from financial instruments — Definition of ‘debt-claims with participation in profits’)

13.11.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 382/12
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 September 2017 — Republic of Austria v Federal Republic of Germany
   (Case C-648/15) (1)
   
   ((Article 273 TFEU - Dispute between Member States submitted to the Court under a special agreement between the parties - Taxation - Bilateral convention for the avoidance of double taxation - Taxation of interest from financial instruments - Definition of ‘debt-claims with participation in profits’))
   (2017/C 382/13)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Republic of Austria (represented by: C. Pesendorfer, F. Koppensteiner and H. Jirousek, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Federal Republic of Germany (represented by: T. Henze and J. Möller, acting as Agents)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The concept of ‘debt-claims with participation in profits’ referred to in Article 11(2) of the Abkommen zwischen der Republik Österreich und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Vermeidung der Doppelbesteuerung auf dem Gebiet der Steuern vom Einkommen und vom Vermögen (Convention between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and capital) of 24 August 2000 must be interpreted as excluding certificates such as those at issue in the present case.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               The Federal Republic of Germany is ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 38, 1.2.2016.