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Official Journal of the European Union

C 104/13

(Case C-709/22, Syndyk Masy Upadłości A)

(2023/C 104/16)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Syndyk Masy Upadłości A

Defendant: Dyrektor Izby Administracji Skarbowej we Wrocławiu

Questions referred

1.Must the provisions of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/310 of 18 February 2019 authorising Poland to introduce a special measure derogating from Article 226 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax (1) [and] the provisions of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, (2) in particular Articles 395 and 273 thereof, as well as the principle of proportionality and the principle of neutrality, be interpreted as precluding national legislation and practice which, in the circumstances of the case at hand, preclude the grant of consent for the transfer, by an insolvency administrator, of funds held in the VAT account of a taxable person (split payment mechanism) to a bank account which has been designated by that taxable person?

2.Must Article 17(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — [concerning the] right to property — in conjunction with Article 51(1) and Article 52(1) thereof, be interpreted as precluding national legislation and practice which, in the circumstances of the case at hand, by precluding the grant of consent for the transfer, by an insolvency administrator, of funds held in the VAT account of a taxable person (split payment mechanism), consequently result in the funds owned by the insolvent taxable person in that VAT account being frozen, and thus make it impossible for the insolvency administrator to carry out his or her duties in the course of the insolvency proceedings?

3.Having regard to the context and objectives of Council [Implementing] Decision 2019/310, as well as the provisions of [the VAT Directive], must the principle of the rule of law stemming from Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and the principle of legal certainty which implements it, the principle of sincere cooperation stemming from Article 4(3) TEU, and the principle of good administration stemming from Article 41(1) of the Charter, be interpreted as precluding national practice which, by precluding the grant of consent for the transfer, by an insolvency administrator, of funds held in the VAT account of a taxable person (split payment mechanism), seeks to frustrate the objectives of the insolvency proceedings defined by an insolvency court as falling within Polish jurisdiction for the purposes of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast), (3) and consequently leads to a situation as a result of which, through the application of an inappropriate national measure, the State Treasury is treated preferentially as a creditor at the expense of the general body of creditors?

(1) OJ 2019 L 51, p. 19.

(2) OJ 2006 L 347, p. 1.

(3) OJ 2015 L 141, p. 19.