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President Ilham Aliyev received EU Special Representative for South Caucasus – Video


President Ilham Aliyev received EU Special Representative for South Caucasus
President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus http://azertag.az/en/ http://video.azertag.az/en.

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Lithuanian FM Rejects EU Border Crackdown: Linkevicius calls freedom of movement ‘core EU principle’ – Video


Lithuanian FM Rejects EU Border Crackdown: Linkevicius calls freedom of movement #39;core EU principle #39;
Lithuania #39;s Foreign Minister Linus Linkevicius says he is opposed to proposals that would halt immigration from Muslim countries to the European Union. Linkevicius said that freedom of movement...

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Gazprom warns EU to link to Turkey pipeline or lose Russian gas – Video


Gazprom warns EU to link to Turkey pipeline or lose Russian gas
Russian energy giant Gazprom has urged the European Union to link up to its planned energy pipeline to Turkey or lose the gas that now transits Ukraine. The Turkish Stream is the only route...

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You Need To Know About European Union Countries – Video


You Need To Know About European Union Countries
You need to know about European countries In this video you can see some information about the European Union states that you did not know Something About European countries Austria: Most ...

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European Union says part of Amazon's Luxembourg tax deal "cosmetic"

BRUSSELS: Luxembourg took just two weeks to sign off a partly cosmetic deal that allowed Amazon to shift a large part of its European profits to an untaxed entity, according to EU antitrust regulators.

The European Commission, which rules on competition and subsidies in the European Union, announced in October that it had opened an investigation into a tax ruling struck in 2003 and published details of its case on Friday.

The investigation, one of a number into large international companies, focuses on whether Luxembourg broke EU state aid rules by allowing Amazon to operate almost tax-free in Europe.

Such inquiries have raised questions for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, former long-time prime minister of Luxembourg, over his role in the country's tax policies.

The document released on Friday described the online retailer's structure, with a Luxembourg company functioning as the headquarters of its European operations and operator of all its European websites.

The net turnover of that company, which it called LuxOpCo, was 13.6 billion euros ($15.8 billion) in 2013, about a fifth of worldwide sales of $74.5 billion.

The Commission's inquiry centres on the relationship between LuxOpCo, pooling revenue from Amazon's EU websites, and Lux SCS, which received a royalty from LuxOpCo and was not subject to Luxembourg tax.

The report said it had doubts whether the transfer pricing agreed by Luxembourg for Amazon reflected what a prudent independent operator would have accepted under normal market conditions.

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The Commission further noted that the ruling requested by Amazon was assessed and accepted within just 11 working days.

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