What is mutual recognition in EU?

Mutual recognition is the principle of EU law under which goods that are legally sold in one EEA country can be marketed and sold in any other. For the exporter, this means that a product legally on sale in one country should not have to meet a second set of requirements in the country to which they are exporting.

What is goods in EU law?

The Treaties do not define ‘goods’, but the CJEU has defined them as: ‘products. which can be valued in money and which are capable, as such, of forming the. subject of commercial transactions.’

What is free movement of goods?

The free movement of goods, the first of the four fundamental freedoms of the internal market, is secured through the elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions, and the prohibition of measures having an equivalent effect.

What is an MRA agreement?

MRAs are trade agreements that aim to facilitate market access and encourage greater international harmonisation of compliance standards while protecting consumer safety.

What is an MRA trade?

Mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) are agreements between two trading partners to reduce technical barriers to trade. They are one of the issues that will feature in the UK-EU trade talks. The EU’s internal market is the most complete version of mutual recognition between trading partners.

What does Article 2 EEC set out?

Article 2 of the Treaty of Rome set out the objectives of the EEC: to establish a common market and economic and monetary union in order to promote development of economic activities, social cohesion, high levels of employment and social protection and to raise the standard of living in the Member States.

What are the EU rules on free movement?

As EU citizens, all nationals of the Member States of the European Union have the right to move freely within the European Union and to enter and reside in any EU Member State. This right to freedom of movement is guaranteed by Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU).

What are the 4 freedoms of movement?

The four fundamental freedoms as they are known today are: the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. They are a part of the European Single Market and were first described in the Treaty of Rome in 1957.