Competition policy: The EU Court of Justice adopts an extensive interpretation of the notion of consistent application of the articles 81 and 82 CE and authorizes the Commission to submit observations to the national courts in the procedure as regards the tax deduction for a fine imposed for infringement of Articles 81 EC (X BV)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. In Case C-429/07 (X BV), the Court of Justice of the European Communities was called upon to take a stand on the challenging issue of the scope of Article 15(3) of Regulation 1/2003 authorising the Commission to submit written observations to the courts of the Member States (amicus briefs) curiae). She didn't slip away... A dispute had arisen between the Dutch subsidiary of a company fined by the European Commission for her participation in the plasterboard cartel and the Dutch tax administration on the the possibility for this sanctioned subsidiary to deduct from its profits the part of the fine that her mother had passed on to her, as soon as she had