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SEMINAR 14

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS (3)

Learning Objectives

After preparing and participating in this seminar, students should be able to:

• Analyse factual information relating to the free movement of goods within the internal market

• Apply relevant EU primary and secondary legislation and the principles arising from decided cases to given facts

• Identify specific hindrances to the free movement of goods in the internal market

• Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the rules relating to derogation from the principle of free movement of goods

• Understand and appreciate comparative qualities in written work

Pre-Seminar Preparation

Prepare a full written answer to the problem question below in advance of the seminar. You should give consideration to the structure of your answer and use relevant and appropriate authority. Be prepared to discuss your work in the seminar. Please note, the full benefit of the seminar will not be gained unless you have prepared as required.

Problem Question

SOUPS YOU SIR Ltd is an English company that manufactures a range of soups. Their Managing Director, Tom Ato, has been looking for opportunities to expand the business and has recently concluded that the time is right to export to the rest of Europe. However, things have not been straightforward.

The Latvian authorities have informed Tom that he will be unable to sell soup in Latvia unless changes are made to the way in which the products are packaged. SOUPS YOU SIR Ltd have always sold their products in cartons and have invested heavily in packaging processes, with the upmarket cartons being a key element in the branding of the range. However, the Latvian authorities insist that if SOUPS YOU SIR Ltd products are to be sold in Latvia, they must be sold in jars.

Recent Belgian legislation aimed at tackling a rise in the obesity figures, bans television advertising of all food products. Tom fears that the...