| Author (Person) | Parker, George |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 19.10.04 |
| Publication Date | 19/10/2004 |
| Content Type | News |
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The UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has agreed that first-time offenders who bring into the UK cigarettes and alcohol to sell to friends on a non-profit basis should no longer have their vehicles seized by Customs officers. Mr Brown is hoping to avoid the embarrassment of court action - the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Frits Bolkestein, is considering taking the UK to the European Court of Justice for allegedly disrupting the EU's single market. |
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| Subject Categories | Internal Markets, Taxation |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
