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ECJ: Advocate General finds French legislation on group consolidation excluding lower-tier subsidiaries indirectly owned through companies in other Member States justifiable restriction on EC freedom of establishment

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 France-European Union

On 4 September 2008, Advocate General (AG) Juliane Kokott of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave her opinion in the case of Société Papillon v. Ministère du budget, des comptes publics et de la fonction publique (C-418/07). The French Supreme Court (Conseil d'Etat) had requested a preliminary ruling from the ECJ on 12 September

In this case, the AG conclude…

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