The dispute concerned the field of excise products, and the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, confirmed by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ), is a landmark one given the legal complexity of the case and the high value of the subject matter of the dispute. The decision to admit the case was based, inter alia, on the infringement of two fundamental principles of tax law and tax procedure, and namely the principle of certainty of taxation and the principle of uniform application of tax law.