ECJ: Netherlands refund regime for investment funds incompatible with EC free movement of capital

        On 20 May 2008, the European Court of  Justice (ECJ) gave its decision in the case of Staatssecretaris van Financiën v Orange European Smallcap  Fund NV (Case C-194/06). The Netherlands Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden)  had requested a preliminary ruling from the ECJ on 14 April 2006. 
The ECJ held that Arts. 56 and 58 of the EC Treaty do not preclude legislati…
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