Week 6

Question 1

Fiscal Barriers to trade

Answer 1

1) Customs duties caught by articles 28-30TFEU
2) Taxes 110TFEU

Question 2

Non-fiscal barriers to trade

Answer 2

1) Non - tariff barriers to trade. The so - called “product requirement rules” covered by articles 34 to 37TFEU

Question 3

Custom Duties

Question 4

Sociaal Fonds : the “diamonds” case

Answer 4

A charge on diamonds was imposed by the Belgian government at the border

There was no diamond industry in Belgium

The charges were used to provide for social funding for several types of workers

The CEE was caught by the Treaty because it imposed additional costs on the imported product rendering its importation more difficulty or costly.

Question 5

The exception to the rule

Answer 5

Limitations on the prohibition

Question 7

Application of Article 110TFEU

Question 8

Overview of relevant provisions

Answer 8

Article 28-30 TFEU catch charges placed as a result of goods crossing a border

Article 110 TFEU catches the national taxation policy of a MS