confirmed - belgians will fine you for having red diesel in your tank

[MoodySabre]

How is that any different than the Belgium stance?

This has nothing to do with tax. It is presence of dye that is the issue.

 

[Graham_Wright]

I confess I've not searched the whole thread and this may already have been mentioned.

Where does cooking oil stand? Either recovered or new.

My son runs his Isuzu Trooper on nothing else and thus has free motoring.

I am aware that modern diesels have a problem but mine isn't.

 

[Supine Being]

I confess I've not searched the whole thread and this may already have been mentioned.

Where does cooking oil stand? Either recovered or new.

My son runs his Isuzu Trooper on nothing else and thus has free motoring.

I am aware that modern diesels have a problem but mine isn't.

Duty has to be paid on any road fuel. If your brother is running his car on cooking oil, he should declare it to the revenue and pay the duty on it if he wants to be legal.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Duty has to be paid on any road fuel. If your brother is running his car on cooking oil, he should declare it to the revenue and pay the duty on it if he wants to be legal.

Er………don't have a brother (as far as I know!).

Not true. You are required to declare above a certain usage per year;- 2000 litres I think.

 

[Heckler]

Er………don't have a brother (as far as I know!).

Not true. You are required to declare above a certain usage per year;- 2000 litres I think.

Correct, I think its a bit more about 2400 ltrs. That would mess their brains up, no dye and no chemical marker, all Euro fuel has 5% veg oil in anyway!
Stu

 

[Burnham Bob]

i think we should close this one now - my Euro MP has sent me an e-mail saying the Belgians are right and we are all stuffed

 

[westernman]

i think we should close this one now - my Euro MP has sent me an e-mail saying the Belgians are right and we are all stuffed

Then get him to ask if it is OK to dump red fuel just before entering a Belgium port. I guess most sail boats could manage to get in and tied up on the 5 litres you can fill up legally into a container. We would obviously need to set off with some fuel in our tanks in case of bad weather etc. If we planned this right, it would be no more than about 50-100 litres of fuel we would need to dump.

I guess this would not be too much of a problem for the Belgium coast/beaches etc to cope with.

Otherwise, there is no legal solution.

It this the pragmatic solution????

 

[MoodySabre]

It this the pragmatic solution????

 

[Koeketiene]

Then get him to ask if it is OK to dump red fuel just before entering a Belgium port. I guess most sail boats could manage to get in and tied up on the 5 litres you can fill up legally into a container. We would obviously need to set off with some fuel in our tanks in case of bad weather etc. If we planned this right, it would be no more than about 50-100 litres of fuel we would need to dump.

I guess this would not be too much of a problem for the Belgium coast/beaches etc to cope with.

Otherwise, there is no legal solution.

It this the pragmatic solution????

I bet (in fact, I'm sure) you would get fined for that too.

 

[westernman]

I bet (in fact, I'm sure) you would get fined for that too.

Is that more or less than the fine for having it in the tanks?

 

[sailorman]

Is that more or less than the fine for having it in the tanks?

one would imagine its much more for pollution

 

[Koeketiene]

Is that more or less than the fine for having it in the tanks?

More - lots more. Not a fixed penalty offence.
Ship gets seized too, pending legal proceedings.

Enjoy.

 

[ffiill]

Duty has to be paid on any road fuel. If your brother is running his car on cooking oil, he should declare it to the revenue and pay the duty on it if he wants to be legal.

Wrong-you are allowed duty free to use veg oil for fuel for personal use-there is a limit but its very generous.
You only pay tax if you make biodiesel by boiling up a horrible potentially lethal brew of ethanol and veg oil then precipitating out the biodiesel and soap!
My 60 gallon tanks are still full of red but no where near Belgium!

 

[snooks]

Closing this thread....as it's now continued and updated here