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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:56 am
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Originally Posted by TRAVELSIG
There is indeed such a fine now.
I do believe the article was about Lignano, not Jesolo.
Apparently this year there is a concept of "zero tolerance" towards selling of counterfeit articles- last year the fine was in place but not really enforced.
The article claimed this was the first person fined this year.
It is, however, in experience enforced very sporadically.
I would stay away from fake articles in any event.
Tks for the update. I had heard of a fine, but never anything being actually done about it.
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