France's Constitutional Council has given the red card to a new tax law that would make it harder for large companies to avoid paying tax in France, reports RFI.
The measure, known as the ‘Google tax’ was thrown out on Thursday as the government seeks to make France more attractive for foreign businesses looking for a new European location after Brexit.
The 'Google tax' targets multinationals that use different countries' tax regimes to reduce tax liabilities had initially been included in France's 2017 budget law.
Earlier this year, Paris police raided the headquarters of Google in as part of an investigation into tax fraud that has been running since 2011.
About 100 tax fraud police, including 25 computer experts, swooped on Google's offices in Paris to investigate charges of aggravated tax fraud and money-laundering.
In February it emerged that French tax authorities are claiming 1.6 billion euros from the US-based tech giant.
French police also raided the Google offices in 2011 as part of an investigation into transfers to its European headquarters in Ireland, which has some of the lowest corporate tax rates in the EU.