The Eager Beavertons have asked the European General Court in Luxemburg for the annulment of an investigation by the European Commission into the tax status of its Dutch-based European operations, according to Reuters. Nike is arguing that the EC failed to prove that a Dutch tax ruling in its favor amounted to illegal state subsidies. The investigation stemmed from a revelation in the “Paradise Papers,” which were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in 2017, revealing that the E.B.s had been paying corporate tax of less than 3% on revenues generated in the EMEA region.

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