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Government ready to find and punish culprits for reexport of sugar
Belgrade,
24 July 2004
Serbian Minister of Finance Mladjan Dinkic said in an interview to the Tanjug news agency that the Serbian government is willing to meet demands of the European Commission to punish those responsible for the reexport of sugar to countries of the European Union.
Mladjan Dinkic
Upon his visit to the Tanjug national news agency, Dinkic said that the records on trade of goods in all domestic sugar refineries have been brought into order.
He said that it is very difficult to legally prove who abused preferences for export of sugar to the EU, adding that OLAF representatives reached the same conclusion when they checked export invoices and customs procedures in Serbia, trying to establish which firms took part in the reexport.
If the European Commission decides to impose some kind of sanctions to Serbia for reexported sugar that will not affect Serbia's budget since only importers of sugar from the EU will be punished. They can subsequently sue Serbia's importers, the Minister of Finance said.
Dinkic explained that importers are mainly private companies, whether domestic or foreign, so the state will have no budgetary expenses.
Dinkic said that the EU wants to punish its importers by imposing penalties. He voiced hope that the Serbian government will meet demands of the European Commission in the next three months.
The Minister said that the previous control system of sugar exported from Serbia was poor. He said that the customs law has been changed in the meantime, and now it is possible to prevent new abuses with the control system which provides full records of goods exported from the country.
He said that it is very difficult to legally prove who abused preferences for export of sugar to the EU, adding that OLAF representatives reached the same conclusion when they checked export invoices and customs procedures in Serbia, trying to establish which firms took part in the reexport.
If the European Commission decides to impose some kind of sanctions to Serbia for reexported sugar that will not affect Serbia's budget since only importers of sugar from the EU will be punished. They can subsequently sue Serbia's importers, the Minister of Finance said.
Dinkic explained that importers are mainly private companies, whether domestic or foreign, so the state will have no budgetary expenses.
Dinkic said that the EU wants to punish its importers by imposing penalties. He voiced hope that the Serbian government will meet demands of the European Commission in the next three months.
The Minister said that the previous control system of sugar exported from Serbia was poor. He said that the customs law has been changed in the meantime, and now it is possible to prevent new abuses with the control system which provides full records of goods exported from the country.
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