Free movement of capital

4 important questions on Free movement of capital

Limitations of capital movement to and from third countries

  1. Art. 64 TFEU
    1. restrictions existing at 31st december 1993
  2. restrictive tax measure (65(4) TFEU)
  3. serious difficulties for the operation of economic an monetary union (66 TFEU)
  4. prevention of terrorism and combatting of related activities (75 TFEU)

Special derogation; justification ground I

  1. Special derogation (65(1)(a) TFEU)
    1. is the measure a provision of tax law
      1. no: 65(1)(a) not applicable
      2. yes: -->
    2. are the situations objectively comparable in residence or investment (Hein Persche)
      1. no: the measure is permitted
      2. yes: -->
    3. can the difference in treatment be justified by overriding reasons in the general interest (rule of reason)?
      1. no: the measure is arbitrarily discriminatory (65(3) TFEU)
      2. yes: measure is permitted

General derogations; justification ground II

65(1)(b) TFEU
  1. all requisite measures to prevent infringements of national law and regulations, in particular in the field of taxation and the prudential supervision of financial institutions
  2. procedures for the delclaration of capital movements for the purpose of administrative or statistical information
  3. grounds of public policy and public security

Conditions
  1. no harmonisation
  2. national measure must be intended to protect one of the interests mentioned
  3. not merely economic
  4. genuine and sufficiently serious threat to a fundamental interest of society (only for public policy/-security)
  5. must be:
    1. necessary
    2. proportionate
 
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Rule of reason; justification ground III

Commission v. Portugal
  1. no harmonisation
  2. no directly discriminatory measure
  3. justified by overriding requirements in the general interest
    1. no merely economic purpose
  4. necessity requireent
  5. least restrictive

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