- European Office for the Fight against Financial Abuses (OLAF) and the National Tax Administration announced the seizure of over 20,000 Chinese electric bicycles in Poland.
- Importing Chinese electric bicycles into the European Union is subject to high anti-dumping and countervailing duties.
- Importers declared that they were importing other products to avoid paying VAT.
- The bicycles were not sold to the declared buyers but were instead stored in warehouses and sold online.
- The potential loss to the state budget from this fraud is estimated to exceed 46 million PLN.
Source: podatki.gazetaprawna.pl
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