Red diesel - latest on BBC website

[Boo2]

See here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22719811

But it seems a bit confused to me ? I'd understood that the proposal to require boat owners to

acknowledge that UK law does not override any "restrictions or prohibitions" on the use of red diesel that apply in other member states

had been dropped because it didn't reflect the legal situation ? However the BBC article says

Anyone refusing to sign the form faces fines of £250 or 5% of duty due

In fairness this article seems like an ill-informed re-hash of the situation as it was a year ago, but has anything changed in the interim that the BBC has misunderstood ?

Boo2

 

[sailorman]

pay attention at the back, this is on scuttlebutt from yesterday

 

[Stork_III]

pay attention at the back, this is on scuttlebutt from yesterday

Not the same story, this is about boats not tractors. I know which I prefer.

ps I've not signed any declaration and have yet to be fined £250.

 

[maby]

It seems that the BBC report does confuse some of the issues relating to the HMRC bodge, but that's really not the important point here, is it? As some predicted, Brussels was never likely to accept the bodge and are now just going to push it harder.