Category: European Commission

European Commission – State aid: Commission approves amendments to restructuring plan of Belgian insurer Ethias

European Commission Press release Brussels, 12 June 2014 The European Commission has found proposed amendments to the restructuring plan of the Belgian insurance company Ethias to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the Commission has agreed to the proposed prolongation by three years of the rundown… …read more

European Commission – Statement by Vice President Almunia on opening of three investigations on transfer pricing arrangements on corporate taxation of Apple (Ireland), Starbucks (Netherlands) and Fiat Finance and Trade (Luxembourg)

European Commission Brussels, 11 June 2014 Statement Today the Commission has opened three in-depth investigations to examine whether decisions by Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg with regard to the corporate income tax of certain specific companies, are in line with EU state aid rules. …read more

European Commission – State aid: Commission investigates transfer pricing arrangements on corporate taxation of Apple (Ireland) Starbucks (Netherlands) and Fiat Finance and Trade (Luxembourg)

European Commission Press release Brussels, 11 June 2014 The European Commission has opened three in-depth investigations to examine whether decisions by tax authorities in Ireland, The Netherlands and Luxembourg with regard to the corporate income tax to be paid by Apple, Starbucks and Fiat Finance and Trade, respectively, comply with… …read more

European Commission – State aid: Commission approves regional aid map 2014-2020 for Luxembourg

European Commission Press release Brussels, 11 June 2014 The European Commission has approved under EU state aid rules Luxembourg’s map for granting regional investment aid between 2014 and 2020. The map is based on the new regional aid guidelines adopted by the Commission in June 2013 (see IP/13/569). …read more