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asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if levies are imposed by EEC countries at present on any goods being exported to member states from this country; if so, if he will give details of such levies; whether they are in contravention to EEC regulations; and if so, the action being taken to have them removed.
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asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the levies imposed by the other member states of the EEC on exports from Ireland since our accession; the dates of the impositions; the average length of time before the levies were removed; and the penalties imposed in each case on the offending country or countries.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take questions Nos. 315 and 316 together.
Levies on intra-community trade in the sense of customs duties or measures having an equivalent effect are forbidden under the Treaty of Rome. Accordingly in the course of Ireland's transition period duties imposed by other member states on goods exported from Ireland were progressively abolished and have not been reimposed.
