THE European Commission is taking Britain to court in a battle over an unpaid bill of millions of pounds in duty on imports of garlic.
The European Commission announced legal action yesterday after an ultimatum to pay £15 million to Brussels or face action in the European Court of Justice expired.
The wrangle is over the fact that import tariffs on frozen garlic from outside the EU are lower than the rates for fresh garlic.
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