Okwamanje kuyisinyathelo i-European Union efuna ukusithatha ukuze amazwe omhlaba afana I-Google, Apple, Facebook, Starbucks noma i-Amazon Bangaphoqeleka ukuthi badalule imali yabo engenayo nezentela eYurophu ngenxa yomthetho omusha osalungiswa.
Okwamanje umongameli wekhomishini, uJean-Claude Juncker, uchaza ukuthi lolu hlelo luthakazelisa ezinkampanini ezinkulu ukukhombisa intela eziyikhokhayo ezweni ngalinye lapho zisebenza khona. Ngalokhu kuyatholakala gwema izixwayiso nohulumeni basekhaya ngokuthi ungazibika kanjani izinzuzo zakho.
Ngokunengqondo lezi zindaba mayelana neKhomishini yaseYurophu ezishicilelwe ngumphakathi The Guardian, isencwadini yokuvunywa futhi uma igcina ivunyelwe, izokwethulwa ekuqaleni kuka-Ephreli nonyaka. Ngokomthetho singakuqinisekisa ukuthi uma lesi siphakamiso senziwa sizosebenza kuzo zonke izinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ezisebenza emhlabeni wonke hhayi kwi-EU kuphela.
Futhi akusiyo i-Apple kuphela esezindleleni zokuphatha zokubalekela ukukhokha intela, amazwe amaningi amazwe amaningi avumelana nohulumeni ngezinzuzo zawo. Yicala elatholwa ukhomishani, UMargrethe Vestager, esivele ibone ukweqiwa kwentela eStarbucks eNetherlands, eFiat eLuxembourg (ngaleso sikhathi ikhokha intela eyizigidi ezingama-30) nokuthi yiziphi ezinye izizwe ezingama-35 zaseBelgium ezikhokha ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-700 ngokugwema intela.
Ngesilinganiso esisha - uma sivunyiwe - imininingwane yentela yamazwe omhlaba izokhonjiswa futhi ukugwema intela yila mazwe amakhulu kungaba nzima kakhulu. Namuhla I-Apple e-Ireland ne-Amazon eLuxembourg iyaphenywa njengamanye amazwe amakhulu amakhulu.