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EU stops Irish case after Apple pays €13bn
By EUobserver
The European Commission plans to drop court action against Ireland after Dublin recovered €13.1bn of unpaid taxes from US tech giant Apple. "Good. So we can close the court action on recovery," EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager tweeted. The sum arose from an Irish sweetheart deal with Apple, which has its EU headquarters there, and which the EU said amounted to illegal state aid.