A propósito de la exigencia del pago de la deuda aduanera a su fiador ante la falta de contracción previa

  1. Antonio Fernández de Buján y Arranz 1
  1. 1 Profesor Contratado Doctor (A) de Derecho Financiero y Tributario. CUNEF
Journal:
Nueva fiscalidad

ISSN: 1696-0173

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 2

Pages: 329-338

Type: Article

More publications in: Nueva fiscalidad

Abstract

In the present EJC ruling of 9 March 2023, Case C-358/22, the referring court questions the concept of 'enforceability of a customs debt' and asks whether the irregularity in the communication of the duties to the debtor, due to the absence of prior incurrence, which prohibits recovery against the debtor, constitutes a personal defence which the guarantor cannot invoke, or whether the customs debt is only enforceable against the guarantor if it is enforceable against the debtor. In these circumstances, the CJEU replies stating that the customs authorities cannot demand payment of a customs debt from the guarantor as long as the amount of duty has not been regulary communicated to the debtor.

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