The Supreme Tax Court decided that so-called parallel imports of (original) pharmaceuticals may constitute a hidden profit distribution on the part of the group's (domestic) sales company and in favor of the (foreign) parent company.
In response to the imposition of new and unjustified US tariffs on EU steel and aluminum imports, the Commission has launched swift and proportionate countermeasures on US imports into the EU.
On 30 June 2021, the Federal Ministry of Finance published information on its homepage regarding the abolition of the small consignment exemption limit.