EU Tax Inquiry, BNP, Ma on Counterfeits: Compliance

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The leaders of France’s two biggest banks and Germany’s biggest engineering company may be quizzed by European Union lawmakers as part of an inquiry into how EU nations give special tax treatment to “national champions.”

BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA and Siemens AG top the wish list to give evidence, said Philippe Lamberts, a Belgian member of the EU parliament’s Greens group, who has led calls for a special committee in the wake of revelations about hundreds of sweetheart deals for companies in Luxembourg.