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(a) dceřiná společnost vyčerpala možnosti zohlednění ztráty, které existují ve státě jejího sídla v rámci zdaňovacího období, kterého se týkala žádost o snížení daní, jakož i v rámci předcházejících zdaňovacích období, případně prostřednictvím převodu těchto ztrát na třetí osobu nebo započtením uvedených ztrát na zisky realizované dceřinou společností během předcházejících zdaňovacích období, a
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Although the ECJ held that concerns relating to reduction in tax revenue cannot be regarded as an overriding reason in the public interest, it also stated that restrictive provisions such as those in question in the main proceedings pursue legitimate objectives that are compatible with the EC Treaty and constitute overriding reasons in the public interest, and that they are capable of ensuring that those objectives are obtained. However, when the ECJ considered whether the restrictive measure at issue in the main proceedings complied with the principle of proportionality, it concluded that it went beyond what is necessary for attaining the essential part of the objectives pursued where (a) a subsidiary has exhausted the possibilities available in its Member State of residence of having the losses taken into account for the accounting period concerned by the claim for relief and also for previous accounting periods, if necessary by transferring those losses to a third party or by offsetting the losses against the profits made by the subsidiary in previous periods; and (b) there is no possibility for the foreign subsidiary's losses to be taken into account in its Member State of residence for future periods either by the subsidiary itself or by a third party, in particular where the subsidiary has been sold to that third party.
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