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Delta Holding, the football (soccer) club, FC Torpedo Kutaisi, andthe advertising company Vellagio, as well as a fitness center andhotel in Akhaltsikhe 194 , in southern <strong>Georgia</strong>. Talks are underwayabout Wissol operating the US fast food franchise, Wendy’s. VasilKhorava is the company’s general director. 195In addition to the parallelism in the prices of these fivesuppliers, there are noted discrepancies between the amountof fuel imported to <strong>Georgia</strong> and the amount registered by theRevenue Service of <strong>Georgia</strong>. In 2009, the Italian Customs Serviceregistered 40.7 mln litres of gasoline (A-95) imported to <strong>Georgia</strong>,while the Revenue Service of <strong>Georgia</strong> registered only 19.74 mlnlitres imported from Italy. The next year, 37.85 mln litres ofItalian gasoline (A-95) was imported to <strong>Georgia</strong>, while <strong>Georgia</strong>registered only 20.13 mln litres. In 2011, 36.07 mln litres (A-95) were imported and 23.61 mln litres were registered. 196 Acomparable discrepancy is observed in the gasoline import databy the Bulgarian Customs Service and the <strong>Georgia</strong>n RevenueService. 197We don’t know where that gas went nor do we really knowwhat we’re being sold, in some cases. Wissol Petroleum <strong>Georgia</strong>is supposedly importing fuel from Falconara Marittima in Italyand its stations sell three types of fuel, including Api Super (98octane). But both the Customs Service of Italy and the RevenueService of <strong>Georgia</strong> have no records of Api Super coming to<strong>Georgia</strong> from 2009-2011 198 , which indicates that Wissol was notselling the fuel it was advertising. This is not only is a violation of194 Wissol Petroleum <strong>Georgia</strong>’s website http://www.wissol.ge/index.php?geo&cat=6&type=1 Accessed on 15/10/2012195 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong> https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=480489&app_id=556750 Accessed on 12/12/2012196 The Customs Service of Italy and the Revenue Service of <strong>Georgia</strong>.Transparency International <strong>Georgia</strong>’s Report on Competition Policy in<strong>Georgia</strong> p.28 http://www.transparency.ge/en/post/report/tig-publishes-reporton-competition-in-georgiaAccessed 05/12/2012197 ibid p.29198 Ibid48

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