The Irish authorities have failed to meet the deadline laid down by the European Commission at the end of December to recover €13 billion in tax owed by the American giant Apple.
At the end of August, the European Commission concluded that through an Irish tax ruling, Apple had benefited since 1991 from an undue advantage over its competitors in breach of the EU rules on State aid (see EUROPE 11612).
"The recovery [of the money] has not been done yet, and the Irish authorities are moving...