§ Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for Trade what progress has been made within the European Community on the dismantling of non-tariff barriers to trade since the judgment of the European Court in the "Cassis de Dijon" case.
§ Mr. SproatThe "Cassis" case and subsequent jurisprudence in the European Court have dismantled only individual non-tariff barriers with which particular cases have been concerned. Nonetheless they open up an eventual prospect of legal action against a number of other barriers throughout the Community. The jurisprudence no doubt also influences both Member States in considering the legitimacy of new national requirements, and the Commission in pursuing complaints against existing ones.