Article 12 EEC Treaty

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Article 12 EEC Treaty is a foundational provision of the original European Economic Community Treaty that prohibits member states from introducing new customs duties or increasing existing ones in trade between them, and was famously recognized as having direct effect in EU law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Provision of primary EU law ⓘ
Treaty provision ⓘ
aimsAt Elimination of customs barriers within the common market ⓘ
Facilitation of free movement of goods ⓘ
appliesIn Intra-Community trade ⓘ
appliesTo Member States of the European Economic Community ⓘ
Trade between Member States ⓘ
basisFor Doctrine of direct effect in EU law ⓘ
bindingOn All EEC Member States ⓘ
category Prohibition of fiscal barriers ⓘ
directEffectRecognizedIn Van Gend en Loos judgment ⓘ
linked to: Van Gend en Loos
doesNotRequire Prior implementation by national legislation ⓘ
enforceableBy Individuals before national courts ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith Treaty of Rome 1957 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome
famousCase Case 26/62 Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen ⓘ
linked to: Van Gend en Loos
hasCharacteristic Clear and unconditional obligation ⓘ
Not dependent on further implementing measures ⓘ
hasDirectEffectSince 1963 ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel Primary law ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
European Court of Justice ⓘ
language Originally drafted in multiple official EEC languages ⓘ
legalDoctrineSupported Supremacy of Community law over conflicting national law ⓘ
legalEffect Invalidates conflicting national customs measures ⓘ
legalNature Negative obligation on Member States ⓘ
legalStatus Historical provision superseded by later Treaty renumbering ⓘ
legalSystem European Union law ⓘ
objective Ensure uniform customs regime within the Community ⓘ
Prevent protectionism through customs duties between Member States ⓘ
partOf EEC Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome
prohibits Increase of existing charges having equivalent effect between Member States ⓘ
Increase of existing customs duties between Member States ⓘ
Introduction of new charges having equivalent effect between Member States ⓘ
Introduction of new customs duties between Member States ⓘ
recognizedAs Directly effective provision of EU law ⓘ
relatedConcept Charges having equivalent effect to customs duties ⓘ
Common customs tariff ⓘ
relatedTo Customs union of the European Economic Community ⓘ
Free movement of goods in the EEC ⓘ
replacedBy Article 30 EC Treaty ⓘ
subjectMatter Charges having equivalent effect to customs duties ⓘ
Customs duties ⓘ
successorProvision Article 30 EC Treaty ⓘ
temporalEffect Applies from entry into force of the EEC Treaty ⓘ

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