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(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Second paragraph of Article 90 EC - Internal taxes imposed on products from other Member States - Taxation liable to protect other products indirectly - Prohibition on discrimination between imported products and competing domestic products - Excise duties - Different tax treatment of beer and wine - Burden of proof)
(2008/C 128/02)
Language of the case: Swedish
Applicant: Commission of the European Communities (represented by: L. Ström van Lier, K. Gross, K. Simonsson and R. Lyal, Agents)
Defendant: Kingdom of Sweden (represented by: K. Wistrand, Agent)
Intervener in support of the defendant: Republic of Latvia (represented by: E. Balode-Buraka and E. Broks, Agents)
Failure of Member State to fulfil its obligations — Infringement of the second paragraph of Article 90 EC — Internal taxation of alcohol and alcoholic drinks affecting wine more heavily than beer
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders the Commission of the European Communities to pay the costs;
3.Orders the Republic of Latvia to bear its own costs.
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(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 171, 9.7.2005.