Brussels, 21/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 October, the European Commission found that the companies Starbucks and Fiat Finance and Trade had been given a selective advantage through the tax rulings granted by Netherlands and Luxembourg respectively.
The news came as no surprise, having been doing the rounds of the international press for more than a week (see EUROPE 11411), but it nonetheless comes as a very convenient time, two weeks after the agreement of the Ecofin Council...