The free movement of goods and services: an overview of the basic principles
The fundamental aim of the EC Treaty is to fuse together the economies of the Member States and to create an integrated market in which the factors of production, as well as the fruits of production, can move freely, without let or hindrance, thus achieving, over a period of time, a better allocation of resources and greater all-round prosperity. To that end, the Treaty lays down four fundamental freedoms: free movement of goods (Arts 23–31), persons (Arts 39–48), services (Arts 49–55), and capital (Arts 56–60). Although the Treaty deals separately with these various freedoms, it is important to stress at the outset that they are not hard-and-fast categories and that the distinction between them is sometimes blurred.
Keywords: EC Treaty, movement of goods, integrated markets, Member States, resource allocation, fundamental freedoms
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .