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Amazon wins EU court appeal in Luxembourg tax case Published on Share
Amazon scored a major legal victory on Wednesday when an EU court annulled an order from the bloc’s powerful antitrust authority that Luxembourg recoup 250 million euros ($295 million) in back taxes.
The decision handed a fresh defeat to EU competition supremo Margrethe Vestager who in 2017 accused Luxembourg of handing tax privileges to the internet retail giant that amounted to illegal state aid.
But the EU General Court found “no selective advantage” had been given to the firm by the small EU Duchy, a statement said.
The setback for the EU lands less than a year after iPhone maker Apple won its appeal in the same court against the European Commission’s blockbuster order in 2016 that the US company repay Ireland 13 billion euros.