COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Competition

Commission has not demonstrated that it is impossible to recover an exemption from an Italian municipal tax on immovable property, according to Court

Brussels, 06/11/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Court of Justice, in a judgement delivered on Tuesday 6 November (cases C-622/16, C-623/16, C-623/16, C-624/16), annulled a 2012 European Commission decision which considered illegal aid in the form of an exemption from the Italian Municipal Property Tax (ICI) for non-commercial entities - such as religious institutions - engaged in school or accommodation activities to be irrecoverable. 

The Montessori private educational establishment and Mr Ferracci, owner of a Bed &...