In a judgment handed down on Thursday 28 September (Case C-692/20), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ordered the United Kingdom to pay a lump-sum fine of €32 million for failing to ban the use of marked fuel for private pleasure craft within the prescribed time limit.
In October 2018, the Court found that by authorising the use of marked fuel for propelling private pleasure craft, even where that fuel is not subject to any exemption from or reduction in excise duty, the...