04 Apr 2019 --- The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into tax policies in the food retail sector in Slovakia. The tax currently adopted applies to food retailers that operate in the country and came into force on January 1, 2019, meaning the first payment would have been due by the end of April. However, the EC has since suspended the tax pending the result of its probe. Concerns have been raised over whether certain exemptions from the tax gave some retailers a selective advantage over their competitors, in breach of EU State aid rules.