[mrks_hy]

Another article: https://www.politico.eu/article/commission-scores-surprise-w...

Full ruling: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/202...

Fascinating, how does that work? Can anybody explain in simpler terms how that was legal to begin with?

> Both companies were incorporated in Ireland but not tax resident in Ireland. Those tax rulings approved the methods used by ASI and AOE to determine their chargeable profits in Ireland in relation to the trading activity of their respective Irish branches.

[plorg]

That appears to be a summary of the ruling, although it contains a link to the docket: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-465/20%20P

Judgment: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&do...

[mrks_hy]

Thank you, and sorry. Had the wrong link in my clipboard.

[red_trumpet]

Well, they had Ireland on their side.

> "Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recover," the Court of Justice said on Tuesday.

[Rinzler89]

>Well, they had Ireland on their side.

This is one of the reasons the EU is set to remove the single country veto rule since it was open to abuse. You'll then need two countries on your side to alter the EU's rulings.