Judgment_paragraph 1 · Careda SA, Federación nacional de operadores de máquinas recreativas y de azar (Femara) and Asociación española de empresarios de máquinas recreativas (Facomare) v Administración General del Estado (C-370/95, C-371/95, C-372/95)

1By orders of 4 July (C-370/95), 13 September (C-371/95) and 15 November (C-372/95) 1995, received at the Court on 30 November 1995, the Audiencia Nacional (National High Court) referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling under Article 177 of the EC Treaty two questions on the interpretation of Article 33 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p. 1, hereinafter ‘the Sixth Directive’).