if you had worked for Eurocontrol a few years ago you would have been entitled to purchase a tax-free car every year, if you were French. So, if you treated yourself to a top of the range car every year it would have been quite a saving.
WRONG.
In the beginning it was a mice perk but only when established and working in Brussel, so up to 1974. After the move to Maastricht there was nothing for several years but now newly joined staff are allowed one however it has to be imported into the country of residence, taxes paid, before it can be sold on.
Of course the drones in Brussel have managed to retain the perk for themselves hence the
EURO plates you may see around there