Last Sunday, a ban on the import of more than 200 liters of fuel into Lithuania from Russia and Belarus came into effect.
At the border checkpoint "Mėdininkai" from May 3 to 5, nine trucks and two buses were not allowed to pass, while at the "Šalčininkai" checkpoint – 11 trucks, reported the Lithuanian Customs Department.
One of the denied buses belongs to the Lithuanian company TOKS, said the company's representative Renata Petkevič.
According to her, the company believed that the main thing was that the fuel was not purchased in Belarus.
"The company’s bus, heading to Belarus and planning to return to Lithuania immediately, refueled in Lithuania with enough fuel for a round trip.
However, it turned out that the new rules work differently – if the limit is exceeded, the order is violated, regardless of the fact that the fuel was purchased in Lithuania. In other words, the origin of the fuel does not matter; only the volume of fuel in the tank is important," Petkevič noted.
Petkevič reported that the bus drove around the Belarusian side, burning fuel until there was less than 200 liters left in the tank, after which it was allowed into Lithuania.
"The solution to the problem was simple – the bus just drove until the allowable volume of fuel was left in the tank, and then successfully returned home," she explained.
