Newsflash: ECJ State Aid on Starbucks & Fiat

The EU General Court Tuesday ruled in favor of Starbucks and in disadvantage of Fiat on the European’s Commission claim that both companies received illegal state aid from the Dutch, respectively Luxembourg tax administration. Notwithstanding the general expectation exists that both cases will be further dealt with in appeal, they will be intensively analyzed, in particular by Apple whose case is still under examination.