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State liability in case of an erroneous decision of the highest domestic judiciary. Dr. Adam Zalasi ń ski European Commission , DG TAXUD, and Nicolas Copernicus University Toru ń, Poland. Structure of the problem. Principles of State liability in case of referring a preliminary ruling
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State liability in case of an erroneous decision of the highest domestic judiciary Dr. Adam Zalasiński European Commission, DG TAXUD, and Nicolas Copernicus University Toruń, Poland
Structure of the problem • Principles of State liability in case of referring a preliminary ruling • Principles of State liability in case of non-referral • Further problems for discussion
Principles of State liability in case of referring a preliminary ruling • Error at different stages of application of law • Setting up the facts (Traghetti case) • Interpretation of relevant law • Application of the relevant law to the facts of the case
Principles of State liability in case of non-referral • Sources of error (non-referral) • Holding EC law as irrelevant • Wrong assessment of the interpretative problem as Acte Clair • Erroneous application of the earlier cases dealing with the same question of law (Acte Éclairé)
Principles of State liability in case of non-referral • Erroneous application of Acte Éclairé • Wrong assessment of similarity of cases • Wrong application of the earlier case as to the discrimination/restriction issue • Wrong application of the earlier case as to the justification
Further problems for discussion • The new tendency in ECJ direct tax jurisprudence and state liability • Hesitancy in assessment of the facts by the ECJ • Providing domestic courts with EC law interpretation and leaving the final assessment to them