Rules within the Irish republic which differentiated between imported precious metal goods and such goods produced internally, were contrary to European law as measures having effect as quantitative restrictions on imports. The rules affected were those, prohibiting distribution of imported goods with descriptions appropriate to their country of origin, requiring extra and sponsor’s marks, requiring second stamping of Irish hallmarks, and establishing differences between Irish and non-Irish hallmarked goods of the same type and standard.
Citations:
Times 03-Sep-2001
Jurisdiction:
European
Commercial
Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.162936