53It must, in the circumstances of this case, be stated that the Kingdom of Spain chose to exercise its power of taxation over dividends distributed to companies established in other Member States. Non-resident recipients of those dividends thus find themselves in a situation comparable to that of resident companies as regards the risk of economic double taxation of dividends distributed by resident companies, so that non-resident recipients cannot be treated differently from resident recipients.
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