Crackdown on fraudulent biodiesel imports
At the end of March it was reported that Italian customs authorities seized 10,000 tonnes of illegal biodiesel that is thought to have originated from the US where it benefitted from US subsidies illegal in Europe.
Italian judge Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari has now prolonged this temporary confiscation of the biodiesel load, a decision that is backed fully by the EBB. The official customs enquiry into the illegal cargo has been extended, paving the way for definitive penal sentences.
‘Market players need to be aware that fraudulent practices will not remain unpunished and that EBB will do its utmost in assisting the EU and national authorities to track and oppose these practices,’ said the EBB president Bernard Nicol.
Italian judge Giudice per le Indagini Preliminari has now prolonged this temporary confiscation of the biodiesel load, a decision that is backed fully by the EBB. The official customs enquiry into the illegal cargo has been extended, paving the way for definitive penal sentences.
‘Market players need to be aware that fraudulent practices will not remain unpunished and that EBB will do its utmost in assisting the EU and national authorities to track and oppose these practices,’ said the EBB president Bernard Nicol.
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