Brussels, 15/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The tax rules applicable to tax economic interest groups (GIEs) in France may constitute incompatible State aid, says the Commission, which has opened a formal inquiry procedure. The mechanism in question was set up for certain funding operations, which relate to the acquisition, at market price, of a good to be paid for in instalments over a period of eight years. In practice, the GIE, which is made up of financial establishments, acquires the good and...