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European Commission Publishes Public Version of Decision on State Aid Implemented by the Netherlands to Starbucks

|Approved Changes|European Union-Netherlands
European Union-Netherlands

On 27 June 2016, the European Commission published a non-confidential version of its 21 October 2015 decision that the Netherlands granted selective tax advantages to Starbucks in breach of EU State aid rules.

The decision mainly concerned a 2008 advance pricing agreement (APA) concluded with Netherlands-based Starbucks Manufacturing EMEA BV (SMBV), which provides roasted coffee and other coff…

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