EP – CIGARETTE FRAUD
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLFURTHER action to fight cigarette smuggling has been demanded by the European Parliament's budgetary control committee, which has underlined concerns about it losing at least Euro 200 million in revenue to European Union (EU) coffers in 2003. The issue is of particular importance, because customs duties are generally earmarked for EU spending as so-called "own-resources". The committee has adopted a report by Austrian socialist MEP Herbert Bösch that called for better cooperation between EU member states to fight the problem, working with EU ...
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