Обща търговска политика

OPINION OF MR ADVOCATE-GENERAL MAYRAS DELIVERED ON 25 OCTOBER 1972 ( 1 ) Mr President, Members of the Court, I — Introduction 1. The problem One of the essential aims of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is the creation of a unified economic area, free of internal barriers, in which there must be first the gradual establishment of a customs union and then an economic union. In consequence of this the common market must, in its relations with third countries, act like a unit, Member States no longer being entitled to conduct independently of one another their commercial relations with the outside world. Appearing in this regard like a ‘block’, the European Community must not, however, practise autarky. On the contrary, the orientation of its commercial policy is defined, both by the preamble to and Article 110 of the Treaty, as being aimed at the progressive abolition of restrictions on international trade and the lowering of customs barriers. It is therefore a question of a liberal policy in regard to third countries, fully consistent with the general world aspiration for an organization of international trade founded on nondiscrimination and rejection of the system of ‘preferences’. Moreover, on the creation of the European Economic Community, Member States were bound in law, either bilaterally with certain countries, or multilaterally, and in particular under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). In what way have these obligations been affected by the Treaty of Rome and by secondary Community law? How ... Прочетете още