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EU demands France and Belgium stop giving ports corporate tax exemptions
The European Commission yesterday demanded Belgium and France end corporate tax exemptions granted to their ports. The commission also warned it was looking at taxation issues at other ports in Europe.
The commission said the exemptions given to French and Belgian ports gives them an unfair advantage, breaching EU state aid rules.
The commission also this year sought changes to labour practices at Spanish ports in a move that kicked off a wave of protest in the Iberian peninsula.