32As regards the obligation to pay interest, it must be recalled that the Court has repeatedly held that where a Member State has levied taxes in breach of the rules of EU law, individuals are entitled to reimbursement not only of the tax unduly levied but also of the amounts paid to that State or retained by it which relate directly to that tax. That also includes losses constituted by the unavailability of sums of money as a result of a tax being levied prematurely. Accordingly, the principle of the obligation of Member States to repay with interest amounts of tax levied in breach of EU law follows from that law (see, to that effect, judgment of 19 July 2012, Littlewoods Retail Ltd and Others, C‑591/10, EU:C:2012:478, paragraphs 25 and 26 and the case-law cited).
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