The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected the European Commission’s action against the mechanism for reducing the rate of excise duty on petrol purchased in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in a judgment handed down on Thursday 14 January (Case C-63/19).
As final consumers of fuel, the residents of this region benefit from a price discount “at the pump”, while the regional administration reimburses service station operators an amount equivalent to the...