Consequently, the answer to the first question must be that a provision of national law which, in relation to cases where profits are distributed by a subsidiary to its parent company, provides for the taxation of income and asset increases of the subsidiary which would not have been taxed if they had remained with the subsidiary and had not been distributed to the parent company does not constitute withholding tax within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Council Directive 90/435.
Seega tuleb esimesele küsimusele vastata, et siseriiklik õigusnorm, mis näeb tütarettevõtja kasumi emaettevõtjale jaotamise korral ette tütarettevõtja tulude ja varade juurdekasvu maksustamise, mida ei oleks maksustatud, kui viimane oleks jätnud need jaotamata selle asemel, et neid jaotada emaettevõtjale, ei sätesta kinnipeetavat maksu direktiivi 90/435 artikli 5 lõike 1 tähenduses.