INTBUS 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Common External Tariff, The Free Movement, Free-Trade Area
26 Sep 2020
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Chapter 10: the free movement of goods i: tariff and tax barriers. The relevant treaty articles are 3-4 teu and 3-4+ 18 tfeu. The free movement of goods has been stoutly defended by the coj, interpreting the basic provisions strictly against the member states and being equally strict in terms of any exceptions pleaded by the member states. The internal market is defined in article 26(2) tfeu as an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the treaties". The aim is to achieve the circulation of goods without customs, duties, charges, or financial or other restrictions, to promote unlimited trade, and to remove from the member states the control over export and import matters. Directives to approximate member states" laws that directly effect the establishment or functioning of the common market. Different states may therefore have different external tariffs.
