Community law does not impose any obligation on member states to refrain from imposing increases in excise duty. The differences between English and French rates are substantial, and damaging to brewers near the channel, but there remains no such duty.
Citations:
Times 17-Feb-1999, [1999] EWCA Civ 776
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
European, Customs and Excise
Updated: 05 December 2022; Ref: scu.145691
