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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8506

17 July 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission decides to appeal against Council decision authorising Belgium to renew application of preferential tax regime to certain coordination centres

Brussels, 16/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided to initiate an appeal before the Court of Justice further to the decision taken by the Budget Council that same morning to authorise Belgium to renew application of the preferential tax regime to certain coordination centres until end 2005. Approval for such application expires before that date. The Commission considers that the Council decision is illegal as it comes after its final decision of 17 February...

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