ECJ – UK PORTS
September 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNBRITAIN may face an action in the European Court of Justice over its tough customs policy over the import of excised drinks from other EU Member States, the European Commission said today (Wednesday). The Commission said it was "concerned" that the controls currently being applied at UK ports, and the sanctions imposed when UK excise duty laws were broken, " may breach the EU rules which give travellers the right to shop abroad."The complaint is the familiar one of determining how much drink a traveller can bring in for personal consumption. ...
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