Brazil's highest appeals court has ordered a small tire company to pay a 27.7 million reais ($13.9 million) fine for illegally importing 69,300 used tires for retreading, a court spokeswoman told BNA July 10.rnThe five-member Superior Federal Court, Brazil's court of last appeals, rejected the argument of Tyres do Brasil Pneus Ltda. that its fine should be reduced because it lacks the economic means to pay the full amount (Case No. 1080613). The federal court upheld a pair of lower court rulings that said the size of the fine should be maintained because of "the seriousness of the infraction." The court also noted that the fine did not exceeded the R$50 million ($25 million) limit for serious environmental crimes set down by a 1998 law (No. 9,605).
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机译：巴西最高上诉法院已命令一家小型轮胎公司因非法进口69,300辆旧轮胎进行翻新而支付2770万雷亚尔（1390万美元）的罚款。法院的五名成员组成的高级联邦法院是巴西最后的法院。上诉，驳回了Tires do Brasil Pneus Ltda的论点。应当减少罚款，因为它缺乏经济手段来全额支付（案件号1080613）。联邦法院维持了一对下级法院的裁决，这些裁决说，由于“违法行为的严重性”，应该维持罚款的数额。法院还指出，对于1998年法律（第9,605号）规定的严重环境犯罪，罚款没有超过5000万雷亚尔（2500万美元）。
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