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Grundig Italiana SpA v Ministero delle Finanze (C-255/00)
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Grundig Italiana SpA v Ministero delle Finanze (C-255/00)

Judgment of 24 Sept 2002law://eu/cjeu/2000/c-255-00/para_4@2026-11-11

4The dispute in the main proceedings has already led the Tribunale di Trento to refer one question to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. That reference resulted in the Court's judgment of 17 June 1998 in Case C-68/96 Grundig Italiana [1998] ECR I-3775.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice
Case: C-255/00 · ECLI:EU:C:2002:525
Decided: 24 Sept 2002
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Grundig Italiana SpA
Defendant: Minstero delle Finanze
Rapporteur: J.-P. Puissochet
Advocate General: D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer
Bench: 4 judges
C. Gulmarin, J.-P. Puissochet, R. Schintgen, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62000CJ0255

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Customs Union and Common Customs Tariff Principles of Union law Taxation

History · 1 version

24 Sept 2002Reading

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Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Union royale belge des sociétés de football association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman, Royal club liégeois SA v Jean-Marc Bosman and others and Union des associations européennes de football (UEFA) v Jean-Marc Bosman (C-415/93); PreussenElektra AG v Schhleswag AG, in the presence of Windpark Reußenköge III GmbH and Land Schleswig-Holstein (C-379/98); Dilexport Srl v Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato (C-343/96); Rosalba Palmisani v Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (INPS) (C-261/95); Grundig Italiana SpA v Ministero delle Finanze (C-68/96); Ministero delle Finanze v Spac SpA (C-260/96); Marks & Spencer plc v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (C-62/00); Edilizia Industriale Siderurgica Srl (Edis) v Ministero delle Finanze (C-231/96); Aprile Srl, in liquidation, v Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato (C-228/96)