Finance Secretariat closes post with adulteration
Source: JB Online - RJ - ECONOMY - 19/08/2009
SÃO PAULO, August 19, 2009 - The São Paulo State Finance Department, through the “De Olho na Bomba” operation, closed Auto Posto Speed Ltda, located at São Jerônimo da Serra street, in São Paulo, for finding of adulterated fuel sales. This year, six posts were canceled for the same reason in the region served by the Regional Tax Office of Capital III.
The tax authorities have the authority to cancel the effectiveness of the State Registration of these establishments in order to inhibit the sale of adulterated fuel and tax evasion. This permission is supported by Law 11.929, of April 12, 2005, regulated by Ordinances CAT 28, 32, 61 and 74/05.
Inspection consists of checking pumps, checking the establishment's registration data and collecting samples of the commercialized fuel, which are sent to the Technological Research Institute (IPT) for analysis. Fuel stations, distributors and carriers are subject to inspection.
In the event of an infraction, the stations are prevented from functioning and have sealed tanks containing fuel, in addition to their respective supply pumps. According to the law, the partners (individuals or legal entities) of the establishment are prevented from exercising the same line of activity for a period of five years, counting from the date of termination.
The new state legislation provides for the cancellation of the state registration of stations, distributors and transporters caught with fuel out of specifications, in addition to fines from the Treasury Department, for tax evasion, and Procon, for injury to the Consumer Protection Code, and opening police investigation, in which the owners respond to civil and criminal cases.
(MLC - Agência IN)