Judgment_paragraph 31 · Gerhard Dijkman and Maria Dijkman-Lavaleije v Belgische Staat (C-233/09)

31The introduction by a Member State of a difference in treatment on the basis of the place of investment of capital thus has the effect of discouraging residents of that Member State from investing their capital in a company established in another Member State and also has a restrictive effect on companies established in other Member States in that it constitutes an obstacle to their raising capital in the first Member State (see, to that effect, Case C-446/04 Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation [2006] ECR I-11753, paragraph 166, and Case C-436/06 Grønfeldt [2007] ECR I-12357, paragraph 14).

Gerhard Dijkman and Maria Dijkman-Lavaleije v Belgische Staat (C-233/09)

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