The Georgian Environmental Protection Ministry’s Department of Environmental Supervision revealed it had inspected 100 petrol stations across the country to check fuel quality and issued USD 746,362 in fines for violations of environmental standards.

“80 diesel and 20 gasoline units were inspected in the effort, with violations detected in 28 of the samples collected.

Fuel quality had been found to be below legal requirements in 25 diesel and three gasoline samples, while 12 samples had shown failures to meet sulphur content regulations, and norms on explosion temperatures had not been met in 10.

Samples had shown simultaneous violations of several parameters, with the materials handed over to relevant courts for further consideration”, - reads the statement of the agency.