The European Commission announced on 6 October 2021 that it has withdrawn (repealed) its decision to refer the UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for failing to fully recover illegal State aid granted as a tax exemption for passive interest and royalties in Gibraltar, which predated the UK's withdrawal from the EU. Although the UK is no longer an EU Member State, it was still required to fully recover the illegal aid granted and could be referred to the CJEU since the obl…