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Taf	04-08-2013 16:12

Spain and Gibraltar

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Spain is considering a 50-euro (£43) fee to cross its border with Gibraltar

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...Spanish tax authorities could launch an investigation into property owned by around 6,000 Gibraltarians in neighbouring parts of Spain.

Spain is also considering closing its airspace to flights heading to Gibraltar, and changing the law so that online gaming companies operating from the British overseas territory have to use Spanish servers and come under the jurisdiction of Madrid's taxation regime...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23567976

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Spanish police shot at a jetski in Gibraltarian waters, and Spanish fighter jets entered Gibraltarian airspace recently.... is all this a calculated attempt to cause tension?

Sirius

04-08-2013 16:34

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Simple answer

We could tax every flight leaving the UK to ANY Spanish destination with a £43.00 tax on every passenger each way. Lets see how fast they change there minds when they start to lose holidays makers to there holiday destinations. :D

Derek

04-08-2013 16:39

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Surely imposing specific charges to enter/exit a single territory is against all manner of EU rules and we all know how every member of the EU sticks to every rule and diktat to the letter :erm:

Sirius

04-08-2013 16:40

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Originally Posted by Derek (Post 35605831)

Surely imposing specific charges to enter/exit a single territory is against all manner of EU rules and we all know how every member of the EU sticks to every rule and diktat to the letter :erm:

Whats the betting that WE are in the wrong if the bureaucrats in Brussels get hold of this. :rolleyes:

Damien

04-08-2013 17:15

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Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35605833)

Whats the betting that WE are in the wrong if the bureaucrats in Brussels get hold of this. :rolleyes:

Very unlikely since Spain are the ones doing it. Unless the reef is a problem.

Sirius

04-08-2013 17:19

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35605846)

Very unlikely since Spain are the ones doing it. Unless the reef is a problem.

Time will tell.

Doug P

04-08-2013 17:30

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Doubt this is more than sabre rattling....

Osem	04-08-2013 17:33

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I suggest everyone thinking about heading to Spain for a holiday in the foreseeable future drops a line to their embassy here suggesting they'll go somewhere else instead. That might focus a few minds in Madrid.

Taf	04-08-2013 17:41

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I think they are upset that Blair didn't give them Gib..... and are trying to divert national attention away from their real problems... as did the Argies...

Sirius

04-08-2013 17:58

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Originally Posted by Doug P (Post 35605851)

Doubt this is more than sabre rattling....

Maybe but i think we can rattle those sabres better than they can. :LOL:

Sirius

04-08-2013 20:03

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35605871)

!00% inspection of the contents of Spanish lorries, everything out no matter how perishable. Got to check for Brucid Beetles, oak beetles, elm beetles, ash beetles you name it beetles. 48Hour delays whilst the paperwork is processed. Loads of guys in Hi-Viz jackets. I know we can do beureucratic better then any other county.

Gets my vote, lets do it.

spreadsheet

04-08-2013 22:40

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Originally Posted by Derek (Post 35605831)

Surely imposing specific charges to enter/exit a single territory is against all manner of EU rules and we all know how every member of the EU sticks to every rule and diktat to the letter :erm:

they charge handsomely for the Severn bridge :dozey:

nomadking

04-08-2013 22:59

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Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 35605871)

The snag is that those lorries would be carrying supplies for Gibraltar.

Derek

05-08-2013 07:24

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Originally Posted by spreadsheet (Post 35605990)

they charge handsomely for the Severn bridge :dozey:

That's one option, probably run by a private company, to go from one part of the UK to another. It's not the only way to enter and exit and Wales and Scotland aren separate entities in the EU.

If Spain decided to put a tax on the crossing point to Gibraltar surely it would have impose the same tax on all the crossings to France.

The UK couldn't just impose a tariff on flights coming from Romania and claim it was an ATM skimmer tax. They would be hauled up in front of the EU very quickly and told in no uncertain terms to bin it.

Sirius

05-08-2013 07:32

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 35605995)

The snag is that those lorries would be carrying supplies for Gibraltar.

We could ship the supplies in and give a boost to our suppliers.

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