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Brussels denunciation the elusione of customs duties for 2,7 billion euros in the United Kingdom
Located swindles in existence between 2011 and 2017 in the within of the import of goods through the British ports
September 25, 2018
The EU commission has announced the shipment of an opinion motivated to the United Kingdom having denounced customs swindles of enormous capacity put in existence between 2011 and 2017 in the within of the import of goods through the British ports. The decision to send to London a demand to comply to straight the EU, that it last March constitutes the second phase of the formal procedure of under way infraction from the Commission as a result of a relation published in 2017 from OLAF, the organism antiswindle of the EU, second which importers in the United Kingdom have eluded customs duties for important amounts using false or fictitious invoices and false declarations in customs at the moment of the import, is adopted on proposal of the European commissioner to the Budget and the human resources, Günther H. Oettinger.
According to the calculations of the Commission, such violations of the communitarian right have involved in the period comprised between November 2011 and October 2017 losses for the budget of the EU pairs to 2,7 billion euros. Moreover the Commission has specified that the United Kingdom has violated also the legislation EU on the VAT having determined ulterior losses for the budget of the European Union.
The EU commission has denounced that, also being informed already in 2007 of the swindle risks legacies to the import of woven and footwear from China and after to be invited to take adequate measures of control, the United Kingdom is not taken part effectively in order to prevent the swindles.
The United Kingdom has now two months in order to comply to straight the EU. Passed such period the Commission can decide to submit London to the Law court of the EU.
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The EU commission has announced the shipment of an opinion motivated to the United Kingdom having denounced customs swindles of enormous capacity put in existence between 2011 and 2017 in the within of the import of goods through the British ports. The decision to send to London a demand to comply to straight the EU, that it last March constitutes the second phase of the formal procedure of under way infraction from the Commission as a result of a relation published in 2017 from OLAF, the organism antiswindle of the EU, second which importers in the United Kingdom have eluded customs duties for important amounts using false or fictitious invoices and false declarations in customs at the moment of the import, is adopted on proposal of the European commissioner to the Budget and the human resources, Günther H. Oettinger.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
