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Oussama El Dakkak and Intercontinental SARL v Administration des douanes et droits indirects (C-17/16)
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Consideration of the question referred
19

Oussama El Dakkak and Intercontinental SARL v Administration des douanes et droits indirects (C-17/16)

Judgment of 4 May 2017law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-17-16/para_19@2026-11-10

19The scope of that obligation to declare is determined on the basis of the interpretation to be given to the notion of a ‘natural person entering or leaving’ the European Union, referred to in Article 3(1).

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

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-17/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2017:341
Decided: 4 May 2017
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Cour de cassation (France)
Applicants: Oussama El Dakkak; Intercontinental SARL
Defendant: Administration des douanes et des droits indirects
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Regan, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev, C.G. Fernlund
Language: French
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0017

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4 May 2017Reading

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community
Cited by 4: Recorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd v Phonographic Performance (Ireland) Ltd and Others (C-265/19); Parchetul de pe lângă Tribunalul Braşov v LG and MH (C-790/19); Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v J. and Others (C-341/18)2 provisions; Lu Zheng v Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (C-190/17)2 provisions
Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Treaty on European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (Text with EEA relevance); Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering; Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code); Robert Michal Chmielewski v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Dél-alföldi Regionális Vám- és Pénzügyőri Főigazgatósága (C-255/14); Jyske Bank Gibraltar Ltd v Administración del Estado (C-212/11); European Parliament and European Commission v Council of the European Union (C-132/14, C-133/14, C-134/14, C-135/14, C-136/14); Oussama El Dakkak and Intercontinental SARL v Administration des douanes et droits indirects (C-17/16); Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Community