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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9321
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud

Discovery of illegal trade in Chinese lamps in EU

Brussels, 05/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announced n Monday 4 December that an illegal trade in energy saving lamps originating in China had been discovered in the EU. German Customs Authorities, the “Zollkriminalamt”, announced the recovery of €7 million in evaded import duties for the import of these Chinese lamps. According to OLAF, it is estimated that financial damage of up to €50 million has been caused to the EU taxpayer.

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