There are some exceptions to the application of Article 30. If an importer wants benefit, then it is possible to get a fee.
a) Services provided to an importer
- TEST
- the service must be requested by the trader
- Identifiable and of direct benefit to the trader
- charge must be proportionate to the benefit received.
---> Commission v Italy. (Italy imposed a levy on goods which were exported to other Member States to finance the collecting of statistical data relating to trade patterns)
"Any pecuniary charge, however small...imposed unilaterally on domestic or foreign goods...even if it is not imposed for the benefit of the state, is not discriminatory or protective in effect, and if the product on which the charge is imposed is not in competition with any domestic product"
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