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Document 12006E031

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version)
    Part Three - Community policies
    TITLE I - Free movement of goods
    Chapter 2 - Prohibition of quantitative restrictions between Member States
    Article 31

    OB C 321E, 29.12.2006, p. 53–53 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_2006/art_31/oj

    12006E031

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Part Three - Community policies - TITLE I - Free movement of goods - Chapter 2 - Prohibition of quantitative restrictions between Member States - Article 31

    Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0053 - 0053
    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0047 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0189 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0017 - Consolidated version
    (EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


    Article 31

    1. Member States shall adjust any State monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of Member States.

    The provisions of this Article shall apply to any body through which a Member State, in law or in fact, either directly or indirectly supervises, determines or appreciably influences imports or exports between Member States. These provisions shall likewise apply to monopolies delegated by the State to others.

    2. Member States shall refrain from introducing any new measure which is contrary to the principles laid down in paragraph 1 or which restricts the scope of the articles dealing with the prohibition of customs duties and quantitative restrictions between Member States.

    3. If a State monopoly of a commercial character has rules which are designed to make it easier to dispose of agricultural products or obtain for them the best return, steps should be taken in applying the rules contained in this Article to ensure equivalent safeguards for the employment and standard of living of the producers concerned.

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