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(Case C-459/21, (<span class="oj-super oj-note-tag">1</span>) The Navigator Company and Navigator Pulp Figueira)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Value added tax (VAT) - Directive 2006/112/EC - Article 176 - Exclusions from the right to deduct VAT - Less favourable scheme compared to the mechanism for deducting expenses provided for in respect of a direct tax governed by national law - Principle of equivalence - Inapplicability)
(2023/C 104/12)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Applicant: The Navigator Company SA, Navigator Pulp Figueira SA
Defendant: Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira
The principle of equivalence must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation, maintained pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 176 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, and which establishes a total or partial exclusion of the right to deduct VAT paid in respect of certain motor vehicle expenses, travel and accommodation expenses and entertainment expenses as well as legal costs, even though such expenses are covered by a scheme which is allegedly more favourable, in terms of the deductibility of those expenses, in the context of a direct tax governed by national law.
(<span class="oj-super">1</span>) OJ C 11, 10.1.2022.