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(Value added tax - Sixth Directive 77/388/EEC - Articles 17 and 19 - Deduction of input tax paid - Use of goods and services for both taxable and exempt transactions - Proportional deduction - Calculation of the proportion - Branches established in other Member States and in third States - Not taking their turnover into account)
2013/C 325/03
Language of the case: French
Applicant: Le Crédit Lyonnais
Defendant: Ministre du Budget, des Comptes publics et de la Réforme de l’État
Request for a preliminary ruling — Conseil d’État — Interpretation of Article 13B(d)(1) to (5), Article 17(2), (3)(a) and (c), and (5), and Article 19 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment (OJ 1977 L 145, p.1) — Deduction of input tax — Goods and services used both for deductible and non-deductible transactions — Calculation of the deductible proportion — Obligation of the principal establishment of a company established in a Member State to take account of income of branches established in another Member State
1.Article 17(2) and (5) and Article 19(1) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment, must be interpreted as meaning that, in determining the deductible proportion of VAT applicable to it, a company, the principal establishment of which is situated in a Member State, may not take into account the turnover of its branches established in other Member States.
2.Article 17(3)(a) and (c) and Article 19(1) of the Sixth Directive 77/388 must be interpreted as meaning that, in determining the deductible proportion of VAT applicable to it, a company, the principal establishment of which is situated in a Member State, may not take into account the turnover of its branches established in third States.
3.The third subparagraph of Article 17(5) of the Sixth Directive 77/388 must be interpreted as not permitting a Member State to adopt a rule for the calculation of the deductible proportion per sector of business of a company subject to tax which authorises that company to take into account the turnover of a branch established in another Member State or in a third State.
(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ 2011 C 298, 8.10.2011.