The General Court of the European Union has published a release summarizing its 16 May 2019 judgment to annul a 2017 decision of the European Commission, which found that Poland's retail sales tax was in breach of EU State aid rules ({News-2017-07-03/A/5-previous coverage}). In its decision, the Commission found that the progressive nature of the tax would unduly favor certain companies over others, depending on their turnover and size, and therefore constituted illegal State aid. The summary of the General Court's judgment provided in the release is as follows: --- In today's judgment, the General Court emphasises, first of all,...