Article 2 Directive 2008/9/EC
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Text of Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:
1.‘taxable person not established in the Member State of refund’ means a taxable person within the meaning of Article 9(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC who is not established in the Member State of refund but established in the territory of another Member State;
2.‘Member State of refund’ means the Member State in which the VAT was charged to the taxable person not established in the Member State of refund in respect of goods or services supplied to him by other taxable persons in that Member State or in respect of the importation of goods into that Member State;
3.‘refund period’ means the period mentioned in Article 16 covered by the refund application;
4.‘refund application’ means the application for refund of VAT charged in the Member State of refund to the taxable person not established in the Member State of refund in respect of goods or services supplied to him by other taxable persons in that Member State or in respect of the importation of goods into that Member State;
5.‘applicant’ means the taxable person not established in the Member State of refund making the refund application.
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Case law on Article 2: 10 cases
Judgments, orders and Advocate General opinions of the Court of Justice and the General Court that cite Article 2 of Directive 2008/9/EC, most recent first.
- C-527/24 Harry et Associés Judgment · 12 March 2026 · Italy
- C-234/24 Brose Prievidza Judgment · 23 October 2025 · Bulgaria
- C-746/22 Slovenské Energetické Strojárne Judgment · 16 May 2024 · Hungary
- C-396/20 CHEP Equipment Pooling Judgment · 21 October 2021 · Hungary
- C-80/20 Wilo Salmson France Opinion · 22 April 2021 · Romania
- C-242/19 CHEP Equipment Pooling Judgment · 11 June 2020 · Romania · cites Article 2(1), (2)
- C-133/18 Sea Chefs Cruise Services Judgment · 2 May 2019 · France
- C-562/17 Nestrade Judgment · 14 February 2019 · Spain
- C-533/16 Volkswagen Judgment · 21 March 2018 · Slovakia
- C-393/15 ESET Order · 21 June 2016 · Poland