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Originally Posted by BenMcr
That doesn't seem to have been the situation.
As far as I can see our laws for UHT milk within the UK broke EEC common market rules we'd signed up to. We didn't want to check the quality of UHT milk from the EEC or have any method to do so.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...CJ0124&from=FR
So the the ruling was as we couldn't explain exactly how other EEC members could meet the criteria for imports without onerous obligations not required of UK producers, we were in breach of the treaty. |
IIRC it was reported as the UK placing more onerous conditions on UK suppliers, than the French had to follow.
That also highlights the fact that there were NO common EEC rules on UHT milk. Even Scotland and NI had different rules to England. As there were no EEC level standards, what else were we expected to do? So did the other EEC countries allow UK inspectors as the Commission suggested?
My central point is still valid, in that the EEC/EU forces us to accept items which don't meet our own internal standards.
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Member countries are entitled to take stricter measures, if they wish - the EU welfare standards are a minimum all countries have to follow.
If the UK wanted to put further restrictions on live animal exports, it could do so while it is still in the EU.
But if it wanted to fully ban them, it would not be allowed to do so under the current EU single market rules.
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For example, the UK, as well as most other EU countries, has domestic legislation that prohibits production of foie gras on animal welfare grounds.
Belgium, France, Hungary, Spain and Bulgaria do not prohibit the production and under the EU principle of free movement of goods, the UK is unable to ban the import of foie gras.
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