Commission refers UK to ECJ for failure to implement Marks & Spencer ruling

Joe Dalton

October 03 2012

The European Commission is referring the UK to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), claiming its cross-border loss relief rules still infringe EU law, despite amendments made after the Marks & Spencer ruling.

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