The European Commission has attacked changes to excise duty arrangements in Belgium, Germany and Italy…

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Series Details 04/04/96, Volume 2, Number 14
Publication Date 04/04/1996
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Date: 04/04/1996

...claiming they will create long delays at the EU's external road borders. The changes were introduced on 1 April, amid suspicion of fraud involving lorries carrying the blue 'TIR' plates, which are normally exempted from border inspection. The UN's Economic Commission for Europe has claimed such lorries were involved in fraud worth around 206 million ecu in 1995.

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