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France will start taxing the giants of the Internet, the so-called GAFAs (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and other companies), as of January 1st.
The announcement was made Monday, by the French Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire .
At a press conference at Paris The Mayor said:
The tax will be applied from 1 January
This measure "could be introduced into the pact" , which had been approved at first reading by the National Assembly and will be presented to the Senate early in the year. next year.
However, the minister reported that this tax on the great Internet that France has defended, to this day without success, in the European Union The European Union (EU), will not be limited to business turnover, as provided for in the EU Directive, but also "to advertising, digital platforms and the resale of personal data".
The European tax, The Mayor, did not give up and said he expected his adoption by the bloc in March, reports "AFP".
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