Subjects:

EU Law

Contents:

Meaning of goods

Whose actions are caught?

Article 28: introduction to quantitative measures and MEQRs

What is the proper scope of article 28?

Article 29: restrictions on exports

Derogation from the free movement of goods

Protection of commercial and industrial property rights

Scope of services I: definitions

Outline of the freedom to provide services

Difficulties arising from the article 49 jurisprudence

Derogation from the right to provide services

Harmonization

Conclusions.

Lorna Woods examines the framework for commercial activity within the European Community provided by the central provisions on free movement of goods and services. After providing a general introduction to the internal market in the light of revisions to the overall EC Treaty framework, she discusses the scope of commercial activity protected, the principles underlying the relevant provisions and their application to the field of goods and services, and exceptions to the principles of free movement of goods and services which allow member states to restrict trade. The interrelationship between the negative freedoms and positive harmonization is also examined.