Aprile Srl v Amministrazione delle Finanze dello Stato (No 2)

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY — Limitation of action — Actions for recovery of sums paid but not due — National rules imposing charges for customs operations — Rules held contrary to EC Treaty by European Court of Justice — Subsequent legislation imposing time limit for all claims for repayment of customs charges paid but not due — Amendment of customs charges rules — Whether enactment of time limit contrary to Community law — Whether reliance on time limit permissible

(Case C-228/96); EU:C:1998:544; [2000] 1 WLR 126, ECJ