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Action brought Against EU Commission by Amazon on Luxembourg State Aid Decision Published

08 August 2018

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European Union-Luxembourg-United States

On 6 August 2018, the action brought by Amazon EU and Amazon.com against the European Commission seeking to annul the Luxembourg State aid decision issued in October 2017 ({News-2018-02-28/A/3-previous coverage}) was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The nine pleas in law and main arguments in support of the action are as follows: 1. First plea in law, alleging that the decision violates Article 107(1) TFEU because the decision fails to establish the existence of an advantage benefitting the applicants in view of the comparables adduced by the applicants — the decision improperly ignores direct evidence showing that...