Europäische Gemeinnützigkeit

This thesis seeks to develop a conceptual framework for EU-compliant charity laws. It analyzes critically the legal practice that has emerged in many EU member states after the ECJ decisions in Stauffer and Persche: to require charitable “free movers” to comply with all charitable law requirements of the country in which tax exemption is sought (so-called “strict” comparability test). Further, the thesis focuses on the readiness of national charity laws to administer cross-border cases, the introduction of “new” national factors into charity laws and the proposal for a European Foundation Statute.