Brussels, 09/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - The EU's Court of Justice has confirmed that the French State and the company France Telecom have both lodged appeals contesting the European Commission's decision on reimbursing aid granted under special rules for professional tax (see EUROPE of 21 July 2004). In July of last year, the Commission decided that the tax benefits given to the operator between 1992 and 2002 constituted state aid which was incompatible with European rules, and demanded that...