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Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH v Hauptzollamt Osnabrück (C-5/14)
Judgment
Consideration of the questions referred
Question 2
Directive 2003/96
47

Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH v Hauptzollamt Osnabrück (C-5/14)

Judgment of 4 Jun 2015law://eu/cjeu/2014/c-5-14/para_47@2026-11-10

47It should be noted in that regard that Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/96 defines ‘energy products’ for the purposes of that directive by drawing up an exhaustive list of the products covered by that definition by reference to the codes of the combined nomenclature.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-5/14 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:354
Decided: 4 Jun 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Finanzgericht Hamburg (Germany)
Applicant: Kernkraftwerke Lippe-Ems GmbH
Defendant: Hauptzollamt Osnabrück
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
M. Ilešič, A. Ó Caoimh, C. Toader, E. Jarašiūnas, C.G. Fernlund
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62014CJ0005

Topics

Energy State aid Taxation

History · 1 version

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Connections

Interprets 3: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)3 provisions; Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (Text with EEA relevance); Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC
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