§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Community Court of Justice has ruled that Article 16 of the Rome Treaty which prohibits the levying of all export taxes must apply to the export of works of art by individuals as well as by companies; and to what extent this will bar the Treasury from imposing an export tax on British works of art on this country's entry into the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. HigginsSuccessive British Governments have relied on non-fiscal measures to control the export of works of art and Article 36 of the Treaty of Rome explicitly allows for measures other than taxes to protect
national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value".
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the introduction of metrication and the adoption of all the changes in weights, measures, and units of measurement which Great Britain will have to adopt on entry into the European Economic Community was included in the overall estimate of the cost of entry into the European Economic 366W Community, as published by Her Majesty's Government in the White Paper.
§ Mr. HigginsThe estimates of the cost of entry in Cmnd. 4715 did not include the costs referred to by the hon. Member since British industry's commitment to the use of metric units is not derived from or dependent upon membership of the Community. The costs and benefits of metrication will be dealt with in the forthcoming White Paper.