ECJ SCUPPERS BRUSSELS’ ORDER FOR EXTRA EXCISE DUTY PAYMENTS BY ALUMINA PRODUCERS
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALUMINA producers in Ireland, Italy and France have escaped an order from the European Commission that they pay their respective governments additional excise duty for heavy fuel oil they bought between 2002 and 2003. Brussels had told them to pay up because the companies had enjoyed a reduced rate of duty, which the Commission concluded was an illegal disguised subsidy. The companies affected were Aughinish Alumina Ltd, in Ireland's Shannon region; Eurallumina SpA, in Sardinia; and Alcan Inc. in France's Gardanne region, told to pay Euro EUR4.5 ...
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