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Case C-503/17: Action brought on 21 August 2017 — European Commission v United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Official Journal of the European Union
C 347/21
(Case C-503/17)
(2017/C 347/28)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: European Commission (represented by: F. Tomat, J. Tomkin, Agents)
Defendant: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The applicant claims that the Court should:
—declare that, by allowing the use of marked fuel for the purpose of fuelling private pleasure craft, the United Kingdom has breached its obligations under Directive 95/60/EC (1);
—order the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to pay the costs.
Pleas in law and main arguments
The Commission considers that permitting the sale of marked fuel for propelling private pleasure craft is fundamentally incompatible with the Directive 95/60/EC (the ‘Fiscal Marking Directive’). The obligation to mark fuel that has been subject to a reduced rate of excise duty is intended specifically to ensure that those fuels are readily distinguishable from fuel in respect of which full duty has been paid. However, the effect of the national measure is that where marked fuel is found in a tank of a private pleasure craft that has been refuelled in the United Kingdom, it is not possible to determine by reference to the marking, whether or not the fuel used was subject to a full or discounted rate of excise duty.
(1) Council Directive 95/60/EC of 27 November 1995 on fiscal marking of gas oils and kerosene (OJ 1995, L 291, p. 46).
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