PARIS: French state given a rap on the knuckles as the European Commission ruled that the government had granted the electricity company illegal tax breaks.
The Commission said that back in 1997, the Paris-based energy group received an individual, unjustified tax exemption of €889m that gave it an advantage to the detriment of its competitors.
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