EU Internal Market
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- Paul Craig, Gráinne de Búrca, EU Law: Text, Cases, and Materials, p.613, 617, 618, 2015
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- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A61968CJ0024
used to strike down national legislation which impedes the free movement of goods. This is a process
known as 'negative harmonisation.'
Articles 34 and 35 of the TFEU are provisions which prohibit quantitative restrictions (QR's) and
measures equivalent to quantitative restrictions (MEQR's).
Article 34 prohibits quantitative restrictions, and all measures having equivalent effect, on imports from
Member States.
Article 35 prohibits quantitative restrictions, and all measures having equivalent effect, on exports to
Member States.
Who Do Articles 34 and 35 Apply to?
· The State institutions themselves.
· Bodies which derive their power from public law, including central, regional and local government, or