PERSONAL ALCOHOL IMPORTS
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has formally proposed scrapping the indicative limits guiding European Union (EU) customs officials in deciding whether alcohol imported by travellers from other EU countries is for personal use. Its proposal has sparked an angry response from the UK government, which views it as disguised tax harmonisation. Given that the UK possesses a veto over the suggestion - because it affects tax law - EU internal market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein will struggle to push this through.It would scrap rules naming maximum quantities of ...
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