On 4 December, EU Court of Justice Advocate General Campos Sánchez-Bordona concluded that the United Kingdom may unilaterally withdraw its intention to leave the European Union before 29 March 2019 and therefore remain in the EU.
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") decided that the taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection.
VAT on costs incurred in connection with an envisaged share disposal is in principle not recoverable. However, if the reason for the disposal lies in the VAT taxed activities of the parent company, VAT on the disposal costs may be recoverable.
Dans un contexte d’évolution constante en matière entreprenariale et face à l’émergence de nouvelles activités sur le marché, la modification de la législation relative au régime d’aide à la recherche, au développement et à l’innovation est apparue comme une évidence.
On 19 September 2018, the EU Commission announced its decision in the McDonald's State Aid investigations. According to a press release1, the Commission has found that the non-taxation of certain McDonald's profits in Luxembourg did not constitute illegal State aid
Today (25.07), the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has rendered a long awaited decision in a dispute revolving around the supplementary protection certificate ("SPC") protecting the hiv inhibitor Truvada.
Yesterday (21 June 2018), the European Court ruled in favour of a Fidelity investment fund that had suffered Danish withholding tax at a higher rate than a comparable Danish investment fund.
Algorithms is the hot topic in competition law. In June 2017, the OECD published a paper on the risk of collusion in the use of algorithms. This issue has been regularly addressed by Commissioner Vestager in her speeches.
On 20 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided on two cases involving German anti-abuse legislation that denies a (partial) exemption or refund of withholding tax on distributions made by German companies to foreign parent companies, confirming the Court’s previous jurisprudence.
On March 12th 2018, in the context of the Capital Markets Union action plan, the European Commission issued legislative proposals to amend the existing legal framework for the cross-border distribution of investment funds in the EU.
