ESTONIA CASE CLEARS WAY FOR TOUGH LINE OVER SUGAR HOARDING
June 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ABILITY of national and European Union (EU) authorities to take a tough line with confectionery companies stockpiling sugar and other products ahead of their country joining the EU has been strengthened by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Estonian ice cream maker Balbiino may now have face a heavy tax bill on alleged excess sugar, chocolate, butter and other stocks held ahead of Estonia's EU accession in 2004.
Balbiino has challenged the methodology - based on EU regulations - for deciding which stocks were surplus. But in an advisory ...
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