CELEX: 62008CN0172
Language: en
Date: 2008-04-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-172/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione Tributaria Provinciale di Roma (Italy) lodged on 25 April 2008 — Pontina Ambiente Srl v Regione Lazio

19.7.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 183/12
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione Tributaria Provinciale di Roma (Italy) lodged on 25 April 2008 — Pontina Ambiente Srl v Regione Lazio
   (Case C-172/08)
   (2008/C 183/23)
   Language of the case: Italian
   Referring court
   Commissione Tributaria Provinciale di Roma
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Pontina Ambiente Srl
   
      Defendant: Regione Lazio
   Question referred
   Is Article 3(26) and (31) of Law No 549/95 incompatible with Articles 12, 14, 43 and 46 of the EEC Treaty and with Directives 35/2000/EC (1) and 31/1999/EC (2), with reference in particular to the principles laid down in the preamble to Directive 35/2000/EC and Article 10 of Directive 31/1999/EC, according to which, in particular, the Member States are required to prevent situations of inequality throughout the Community market by adopting provisions to combat late payments in order to prohibit abuse of freedom of contract to the disadvantage of the creditor where the principal purpose of a contract is to procure the debtor additional liquidity at the expense of the creditor and by making provision for compensation for the loss suffered by the creditor in the event of late payment by the debtor?
   
      (1)  OJ 2000 L 200, p. 35.
   
      (2)  OJ 1999 L 182, p. 1.