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EU General Court Upholds European Commission Decision that Spanish Port Taxation Not Compliant with State Aid Rules

|Approved Changes|European Union-Spain
European Union-Spain

On 14 December 2022, the General Court of the European Union issued its judgment upholding a 2018 European Commission decision finding that Spain's taxation of ports does not comply with State aid rules. In that decision, the Commission determined that the partial or full tax exemptions for port authorities in Spain provided a selective advantage that violated the EU State aid rules. Following…

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