The UK has paid the European Commission €678m (£583m) over a long-running dispute with the EU over fraud on imported Chinese clothing.
It follows a ruling from the EU’s top court that the UK failed to pass on the correct amount of tax to the EU for imports between 2011 and 2017.
The commission had sued the UK for €2.7bn (£2.4bn) in 2018.
The EU judges upheld the commission’s claim in March, while rejecting how it calculated the amount it was owed.
In a statement, the Treasury said it had yet to receive a fresh recalculation from the commission following the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling.
But it said it had paid €678m on 10 June, representing “the amount the UK considers due at this time”, to protect taxpayers from interest payments.
Source BBC
