Starbucks, Fiat Tax Orders by EU Lack Proof, Governments Say

Luxembourg, the Netherlands and a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV unit want a European Union court to quash decisions by the bloc’s executive body that the Italian carmaker and Starbucks Corp. benefited from their tax deals, saying the European Commission was wrong to find that the agreements were illegal state aid.

In the first challenges to reach the EU courts since the commission’s October decisions, the two governments and Fiat argue in separate appeals that the regulator failed to prove how the accords gave any advantages to the companies.