European Law
Question 2
Introduction
Free movement of goods involves the elimination of trading barriers between the European Union member states, for example, importation of beer from Germany to United Kingdom without extra import duties charged. It is one of the four major fundamentals of the international market. Ideally, free movement involves more than just elimination of barriers but also mutual recognition as well as promotion of standardization across the entire European Union market. Economic integration has brought significant economic benefits to the European Union since its inception. The common market created across the borders of the member states creates a sufficient a continuous demand for the locally produced products. On the other hand, the union has set specific laws governing the movement of goods and services across the member states. For instance, the European Union law advocates for the abolition of all restrictive legal provisions on the free movement of goods from one nation to another. Furthermore, article of the law prohibits any form of excess taxation on goods of member states apart from the acceptable limits within the union. The case covers the specific instances in which member states have violated the law as well as the corresponding mitigation procedure adopted for correction purposes.
Conclusion
Question 4
Introduction
Quantitative restrictions are barriers which controls the amount of a product being imported into a country. This is mostly aimed at promoting the domestically produced goods in the local market. Restrictive measures adopted in implementation of the European law take different forms with the aim of covering all the market possibilities among the member states. For example, Article 34 of the TFEU provides restrictive measures governing quantity controls. However, the law has some exception for which quantitative restrictions may be applied, for example, the movement of goods that would adequately affect health status and the general human life among the member states. On the other hand, the European law takes into account different market promotion techniques to be adopted by all nations. For instance, the law discusses the advertising procedures employed to influence the major part of the market to their benefits by different member states with the aim of controlling the major section of the European community market.
Conclusion
As seen from the law cases analyzed, quantitative violation of European law provisions is rampant among the member states. To begin with, the 60% cocoa content on chocolate restrictions prohibited in the German market violates the law since it limits the amounts of chocolate products imported into the country’s domestic market by other member states. On the contrary, all other European nations in the bloc do not have such a regulation. As a result, it reflects a restricted measure of the free movement of goods advocated by the European Union law. On the other hand, the banning of Leon imports in the United Kingdom market, restrict the free movement of Leon products in the country while all other member states charge no such restrictions. As a result, the two instances of violation by member countries shows the importance of the law as many nations attempt to influence the market in a way to suit their economic benefits while destroying the stability of the overall market in the economic bloc.
