Opinion Statement ECJ-TF 1/2023 on the ECJ Decision of 16 February 2023 in Gallaher Limited (Case C-707/20), on the Taxation of Capital Gains in Intra-Group Transfers

In this CFE Opinion Statement, submitted to the EU Institutions in June 2023, the CFE ECJ Task Force comments on the ECJ decision in Gallaher Limited (Case C-707/20), which provides further clarity on the scope of the fundamental freedoms, the correct comparator in establishing discrimination and the proportionality of discriminatory taxation of capital gains.