Selectivity in Fiscal Aids: Recent Developments

• Authors: Perotto Gabriella
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The notion of fiscal aid is becoming crucial in determining the relationship between supra-national integration and national tax sovereignty; the selectivity criterion is often key in the assessment of compatibility of fiscal measures with Article 107(1) TFEU. Therefore, the notion of selectivity as defined by the recent case-law of the CJEU and decision-making practice of the Commission is fundamental in order to understand the actual allocation of powers in direct taxation matters. Against this backdrop, the aim of the present article is to establish what the current notion of selectivity is in fiscal aids, assessing whether the approach used by the CJEU and the Commission share common patterns, and evaluating the impact of such interpretation on the division of competences within the EU. In particular, this article offers a critical reading of the recent European Commission v. World Duty Free case and of the so-called Tax Rulings Decisions.

FR

La notion d’aide fiscal est en train de devenir cruciale dans la détermination des relations entre l’intégration supranationale et la souveraineté fiscale nationale. Le critère de la sélectivité joue souvent un rôle fondamental dans la détermination de la compatibilité des mesures fiscales avec l’article 107 (1) TFUE. Par conséquent, la notion de sélectivité, comme déterminée par la récent jurisprudence de la CJUE et la pratique décisionnel de la Commission, est fondamentale pour comprendre la répartition des pouvoirs en matière de taxation directe. Dans ce contexte, le but du présent article est d’établir quelle est la notion actuelle de sélectivité dans les aides fiscale, en évaluant si les approches utilisées par la CJUE et la Commission partagent un modèle commun et l’impact de cette interprétation sur la répartition des compétences au sein de l’UE. En particulier, cet article offre une lecture critique du récent arrêt Commission européenne c. World Duty Free et des soidisant «Tax Rulings».

Keywords

EN

State aid; fiscal aid; selectivity; Spanish Goodwill; tax rulings; allocation of powers; tax harmonization

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 11(17)
• Pages: 113-129

Dates

published

2018-08-30

Contributors

author

Perotto Gabriella

• Università degli Studi di Torino

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1689-9024.YARS.2018.11.17.6