Official Journal of the European Union

C 98/15

(Case C-66/15) (<span class="super">1</span>)

((Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Freedom to provide services - Motor vehicles - Hiring or leasing of a motor vehicle by a resident of a Member State from a supplier established in another Member State - Taxation of that vehicle at the time it is registered in the first Member State - Levy of the full amount of vehicle registration tax))

(2016/C 098/19)

Language of the case: Greek

Parties

Applicant: European Commission (represented by: Wasmeier and D. Triantafyllou, acting as Agents)

Defendant: Hellenic Republic (represented by: K. Boskovits and V. Karrá, acting as Agents)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)Declares that, by levying the full amount of registration tax provided for under its national legislation at the time of registration of a vehicle hired or leased by a customer resident in its territory from a supplier established in another Member State, without taking into consideration the duration of the hire or lease contract and the duration of use of that vehicle in the national territory of Greece, the Hellenic Republic failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 56 to 62 TFEU;

2.Orders the Hellenic Republic to pay the costs.

(<span class="super">1</span>) OJ C 138, 27.4.2015.