Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances and de la Relance (Order) French Text [2022] EUECJ C-191/21_CO (10 February 2022)

Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances and de la Relance (Order) French Text [2022] EUECJ C-191/21_CO (10 February 2022)

Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC excludes the margin taxation regime for sales of building land where the land was acquired as built property and only became building land before resale, but does not exclude the regime where the land's characteristics were modified (e.g., divided into lots) between acquisition...

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Citation
[2022] EUECJ C-191/21_CO
Parties
Appellant: Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Relance; Respondent: Les Anges d’Eux SARL; Respondent: Echo 5 SARL; Respondent: Cletimmo SAS
Jurisdiction
European Union
Procedural Posture
Preliminary Ruling (renvoi Préjudiciel) / Order on Preliminary Reference
Outcome
Preliminary ruling issued; interpretation of Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC provided.
Legal Topics
Value Added Tax (vat), Directive 2006/112/ec, Taxation on the Margin, Real Estate Transactions, Interpretation of EU Directives
European Union Law Tax Law Value Added Tax (vat) Directive 2006/112/ec Taxation on the Margin Real Estate Transactions Interpretation of EU Directives

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Parties

Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et de la Relance

Appellant

Les Anges d’Eux SARL

Respondent

Echo 5 SARL

Respondent

Cletimmo SAS

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Preliminary Ruling (renvoi Préjudiciel) / Order on Preliminary Reference

  1. 1 Whether Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC excludes the application of the margin taxation regime to sales of building land when such land was acquired as built property and later transformed into building land; whether modifications such as division into lots affect eligibility for margin taxation.

Ratio Decidendi

Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC excludes the margin taxation regime for sales of building land where the land was acquired as built property and only became building land before resale, but does not exclude the regime where the land's characteristics were modified (e.g., divided into lots) between acquisition and resale, provided it qualifies as building land at resale under national law.

Court Disposition

Preliminary ruling issued; interpretation of Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC provided.

Orders

  • Article 392 of Directive 2006/112/EC excludes the margin taxation regime for sales of building land where the land was acquired as built property and became building land before resale.
  • Article 392 does not exclude the margin regime where the land was modified (e.g., divided into lots) between acquisition and resale, provided it is building land at resale under national law.