Court of Justice 22 October 2026, C-153/25 (Opinion of Advocate General Rantos delivered on 22 October 2026.)

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In an Opinion concerning a reference from the Italian Constitutional Court (Corte costituzionale) in Case C-153/25, Advocate General Rantos addressed whether Articles 1, 2, and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 preclude national legislation establishing an equivalent national measure with a broader personal scope than the Regulation's mandatory temporary solidarity contribution. The Advocate General took the view that the Regulation does not preclude a Member State from extending an equivalent national measure to additional categories of economic operators, including electricity producers, resellers, distributors, and importers that received extraordinary profits linked to the 2022 economic crisis. He concluded that such an extension is permissible provided it does not undermine the equivalent nature of the measure regarding undertakings within the scope of Article 14(1) and that all statutory conditions governing equivalent national measures are satisfied for those covered undertakings.AI