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EU General Court Annuls Commission Decision that Hungary's Advertising Tax Violated State Aid Rules

|Approved Changes|Hungary-European Union
Hungary-European Union

The General Court of the European Union has published a release summarizing its 27 June 2019 judgment to annul a 2016 decision of the European Commission, which found that Hungary's Advertising Tax was in breach of EU State aid rules. In its decision, the Commission found that the advertising tax violates State aid rules because its progressive tax rates grant a selective advantage to certain companies (those with lower advertising revenue) without any justification for this differential t…

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