Boats hit by EU fuel ruling
The EU’s top court has ruled that Ireland has infringed EU legislation by allowing cheaper, marked fuel to be sold to the owners of yachts and other leisure craft when it should be restricted to commercial fishermen.
Following proceedings first initiated by the European Commission in 2013, the European Court of Justice issued a judgment that the system used by the Government to impose and collect excise on fuel used by leisure marine craft was incompatible with EU directives on energy taxation and the marking of fuels.
