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European Union
Fidelity Funds and Others v Skatteministeriet (C-480/16)
Consideration of the question referred
The freedom at issue
35

Fidelity Funds and Others v Skatteministeriet (C-480/16)

Judgment of 21 Jun 2018law://eu/cjeu/2016/c-480-16/para_35@2026-11-10

35The national legislation at issue in the main proceedings therefore concerns the tax treatment of dividends received by UCITS.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-480/16 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:480
Decided: 21 Jun 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Østre Landsret (High Court of Eastern Denmark)
Applicants: Fidelity Funds; Fidelity Investment Funds; Fidelity Institutional Funds
Defendant: Skatteministeret
Rapporteur: E. Levits
Advocate General: P. Mengozzi
Bench: 5 judges
J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, E. Levits, A. Borg Barthet, M. Berger, F. Biltgen
Language: Danish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62016CJ0480

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Freedom of establishment Free movement of capital Taxation

History · 1 version

21 Jun 2018Reading

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Interprets 1: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions
Cited by 8: Vorarlberger Landes- und Hypothekenbank AG v Finanzamt Feldkirch (C-625/17); L Fund v Finanzamt D (C-537/20); AllianzGI-Fonds AEVN v Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (C-545/19)2 provisions; UBS Real Estate Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH v Agenzia delle Entrate (C-478/19); Proceedings brought by E (C-480/19); Köln-Aktienfonds Deka v Staatssecretaris van Financiën (C-156/17)2 provisions; College Pension Plan of British Columbia v Finanzamt München Abteilung III (C-641/17); X-GmbH v Finanzamt Stuttgart - Körperschaften (C-135/17)
Cites 17: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)5 provisions; Proceedings brought by Polbud - Wykonawstwo sp. z o.o (C-106/16); Glaxo Wellcome GmbH & Co. KG v Finanzamt München II (C-182/08); Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (C-35/11); Pensioenfonds Metaal en Techniek v Skatteverket (C-252/14); Federatie Nederlandse Vakvereniging and Others v Smallsteps BV (C-126/16); Emerging Markets Series of DFA Investment Trust Company v Dyrektor Izby Skarbowej w Bydgoszczy (C-190/12); Conley King v The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and Richard Dollar (C-214/16); SECIL - Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA v Fazenda Pública (C-464/14); Guido Imfeld and Nathalie Garcet v État belge (C-303/12); Santander Asset Management SGIIC SA, on behalf of FIM Santander Top 25 Euro Fi (C‑338/11) v Directeur des résidents à l'étranger et des services généraux and Santander Asset Management SGIIC SA, on behalf of Cartera Mobiliaria SA SICAV (C‑339/11 to C‑347/11) and Others v Ministre du Budget, des Comptes publics, de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme de l’État (C-338/11, C-339/11, C-340/11, C-341/11, C-342/11, C-343/11, C-344/11, C-345/11, C-346/11, C-347/11); État belge, SPF Finances v NN (L) International (C-48/15); Council Directive 85/611/EEC of 20 December 1985 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS); European Commission v Kingdom of Belgium (C-387/11); Fidelity Funds and Others v Skatteministeriet (C-480/16); European Commission v Federal Republic of Germany (C-284/09); Hervis Sport- és Divatkereskedelmi Kft. v Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal Közép-dunántúli Regionális Adó Főigazgatósága (C-385/12)