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Re:Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum by throw_a_grenade on Sunday October 19, 2025 @03:33PM (#45637177)
No, they can't, EU courts would strike that in a heartbeat.

Some time ago Germans tried to tax foreign drivers on their roads, so they introduced toll, nominally for all, but also lowered the same amount another car-related tax that was paid only by Germans. EU bodies saw through the scheme just fine and now they're on hook for returning the toll money to anyone still keeping the invoice/receipt.

Re:Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum by nothercastle on Sunday October 19, 2025 @06:29PM (#45638617)
Seems worthwhile, nobody will actually keep the receipt
Re:Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum by throw_a_grenade on Monday October 20, 2025 @03:06AM (#45640751)
Half yes, probably discarded, but the other half are in company books, because those were accounted as costs of operations. Even then, yes, probably worth it for the time.
Re:Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum by 1718627440 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:43AM (#45641393)
There are only charging Germans right now. They wanted to extend that to foreigners, so if you wouldn't lower the tax that pays for this right now, you would charge Germans double.

Of course this is against the interest of other countries, which is why they prevented that, but it wasn't unfair or discrimination.

Re:Thieves steal crown jewels in 4 minutes from Louvre Museum by 1718627440 on Monday October 20, 2025 @09:04AM (#45643437)
What's wrong with what I stated?