EUROPEAN UNION LAW

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS (1)

1 Introduction

What is the difference between:
- a free trade area
- customs union
- common market (or single market / internal market)
- economic union

Article 14 EC (old Article 7a EC) defines the internal market 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 this Treaty."

Free movement of goods is at the basis of the internal market.
How to achieve a single internal market?

2 The customs union

Article 23 EC (old Article 9) seeks to establish a customs union. What does this require?

- a common customs tariff (or common external tariff)

- goods in free circulation (Article 24 - old Article 10 EC)

The CCT is governed by Articles 26 and 27 EC (old Articles 18-29).Common duties are applied to goods that are imported into the EC.......

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