Translation of "Mise en circulation de marchandises falsifiées " (French → English) :

Control:Customs services can manage and control supply chains used for international movement by improving and strengthening effective checks, as well as correctly and consistently implementing Community and national legislation relating to the control and movement of goods.

Control:Customs services can manage and control supply chains used for international movement by improving and strengthening effective checks, as well as correctly and consistently implementing Community and national legislation relating to the control and movement of goods.

The only issue dealt with in the Agreement is facilitating trade, and the Agreement goes no further than agreeing to start negotiations on this issue so as to expedite customs duties and getting goods into circulation.

(2) The achievement of freedom of movement of goods in the matter of public supply contracts, and the achievement of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in the matter of public works contracts and public service contracts, for contracts concluded in the Member States on behalf of the State, regional or local authorities and other bodies governed by public law requires not only the abolition of restrictions but also the implementation of provisions on the coordination of national procedures for the award of public contracts which are based on the rules governing these three freedoms and on the principles deriving ther ...[+++]efrom, such as the principles of equal treatment, of which the principle of non-discrimination is no more than a specific expression, the principle of mutual recognition, the principle of proportionality and the principle of transparency, and the opening-up of public procurement to competition.

2. Deplores the fact that the Commission, on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 of 7 December 1998 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States (the 'Strawberry' regulation), can only intervene in a limited way when major obstructions to the free movement of goods occur; urges the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary and proportionate measures, without further delay, to ensure the free movement of goods through the Channel Tunnel between Fra ...[+++]nce and the UK; urges the Commission to draw up proposals to strengthen the rapid intervention mechanism provided for in the 'Strawberry' regulation;

Since this situation arose in November last year, the Commission, applying Council Regulation (EC) 2679/98 of 7 December 1998 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States, has regularly asked France for all necessary explanations on the steps taken and on how and when they would be implemented.