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Milk And Sheepmeat

Volume 973: debated on Tuesday 13 November 1979

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asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how he proposes to reconcile free movement of milk and sheepmeat within the EEC with various member countries' traditional arrangements for marketing and support.

The provisions of the Treaty of Rome relating to the free movement of goods, as interpreted by the European Court, are binding on all mem- ber States, and any national measure which conflicts with these provisions must therefore be altered or abolished. These provisions are subject to the exceptions listed in article 36, which include restrictions justified on grounds of the protection of health.