iconimg Friday, December 20, 2013  Agence France-Presse Paris,
October 31, 2012 French tax authorities have made a billion-euro
($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute
over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper
reported, a claim denied by the US Internet giant's local arm.
The weekly Canard Enchaine said in its edition to hit news-
stands on Wednesday that the tax claim concerns the transfer
prices set between Google's Irish holding company and the French
unit for four tax years, without disclosing its sources.  French
tax authorities told AFP they do not comment on specific cases
due to taxpayer privacy. Google did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.  A Google France spokesman told AFP that
the company had received no such notification.  "We continue to
cooperate with the French authorities as we have done till now,"
the spokesman said in an email, stressing that "Google conforms
with the fiscal laws of all the countries in which we operate,
and with European