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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8016

28 July 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/customs
Commission refers Greece to Court for imposing a fee on the import of pharmaceutical products

Brussels, 27/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to refer Greece to the Court as it collects a fee on the entry of pharmaceutical products onto its territory. Greece requires of importers of pharmaceutical products the payment of a tax linked to the safety and quality control of pharmaceutical products undertaken by the National Medicines Organisation. According to the Commission, this fee is equivalent to an import customs levy, and is contrary to Article 23 and 25...

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