Google, Amazon and Airbnb subsequently challenged the rule in an Italian court, saying it was contrary to EU legislation which says online service providers are only subject to the rules of the country where they are established, while countries where they provide a service must refrain from applying their laws.
Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to EU's top court said.
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Europe s top court on
Thursday scrapped an EU order to Amazon to pay 250
million euros in back taxes to Luxembourg, part
of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager s crackdown against
sweetheart deals.
Europe s top court on Thursday scrapped an EU order to Amazon to pay 250 million euros ($270 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg, part of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager s crackdown against sweetheart deals between multinationals and EU countries.