The European Union’s top court will this week hear an appeal by the Irish Government against a decision of the European Commission requiring car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler to repay about €30 million to Luxembourg. The case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Monday will examine separate challenges by Fiat Chrysler, Luxembourg and Ireland against the finding of its general court in September 2019 that the company’s tax deal with the Luxembourg government constituted illegal state aid. However, the commission has appealed that ruling in a case that has still to come before the CJEU’s highest court. AppealA spokesperson for the Department of Finance said Ireland had lodged the appeal in the Fiat Chrysler case due to specific points of state-aid law. The Government also claims the ruling on Fiat Chrysler impermissibly used state-aid rules to harmonise direct taxation rules in EU member states.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2021 04:01 UTC