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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11191
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital

Spain becomes first European country to tax Google

Brussels, 05/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Spanish government has decided to impose a tax on the US giant Google and other sites which post links and excerpts of newspaper articles. This is the first time a European Union country has passed such a law. The aim is to compensate the press every time articles are listed by services. The “intellectual property law”, which has become commonly referred to as the “Google law”, was passed on 30 October and will come into force in January...

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