27It is true that it is for each Member State to organise, in compliance with European Union law, its system for taxing distributed profits. However, where national tax legislation establishes a distinguishing criterion for the taxation of distributed profits, account must be taken of that criterion in determining whether the situations are comparable (see, to that effect, Case C-170/05 Denkavit Internationaal and Denkavit France [2006] ECR I-11949, paragraphs 34 and 35; Case C-303/07 Aberdeen Property Fininvest Alpha [2009] ECR I-5145, paragraphs 51 to 54; Case C-540/07 Commission v Italy [2009] ECR I-10983, paragraph 43; and Case C-284/09 Commission v Germany [2011] ECR I-9879, paragraph 60).
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