SPAIN STATE AID CHUPA CHUPS CATALONIA LOLLYPOPS

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a detailed investigation into whether Euro 35 million lent by the Catalonia regional government to Spanish lollypop giant Chupa Chups broke EU state subsidy rules.

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