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The company was opposed this, saying it considers itself to primarily be a technology platform, but the Court of Appeal in The Hague disagreed. The verdict, in line with more recent reasoning from the Supreme Court, overruled earlier decisions. The parent company, Booking Holdings, has estimated that the additional cost will be about 405 million euros. 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