Sentence examples for tantamount to illegal from inspiring English sources

The European Union is locked in a protracted debate about whether the favourable treatment that some of its members give to particular forms of corporate revenue are tantamount to illegal subsidies.

The European Commission looked at the proposed takeover of Scottish Power by Spanish power group Iberdrola to determine whether tax breaks available to the Spaniards were tantamount to illegal state aid.

The method by which AEHT calculates royalties charged to Amazon EU Sarl was sanctioned by a private tax ruling from Luxembourg granted in November 2003.his ruling which is being challenged by competition investigators in Brussels who say the terms are so generous to Amazon, they are tantamount to illegal state aid.

Uploading the files, it argued, was tantamount to an illegal export of firearms.

decision in 2006 that made banning genetically modified crops tantamount to an illegal trade barrier.

Perhaps a court decision will also address the outstanding legal issue of whether an indefinite suspension from a pro sports league is tantamount to an illegal group boycott -- an issue that both sports leagues and labor arbitrators have long skirted by design.

That would be tantamount to an illegal modern-day political witch hunt, and would have a profoundly chilling impact on our dedicated federal workforce".

City spokesman Michael Stevens issued a statement saying that "it took a new city attorney doing tenacious research to discover that the [agreement] is tantamount to an illegal gift of public funds".

With such a broad definition, it is tantamount to making everything illegal.

Mr. Zheleznyak said that Mr. Gudkov had "called on the American authorities to interfere in Russia's internal affairs.In the letter demanding an ethics investigation, lawmakers wrote, "We believe that Gudkov's statements are effectively tantamount to calls for illegal acts that violate the sovereignty of the Russian state".

India's central bank has issued repeated warnings on cryptocurrency investment, some of which appeared tantamount to calling it illegal...