This book examines the application of EC law by the national courts of the EC Member States and assesses their increasingly important role in the judicial architecture of the Community. It focuses on the application of the rules of the EC Treaty concerning the free movement of goods, providing detailed coverage of this area of law.

From the authors Preface Selecting the appropriate balance in the title for this book was a difficult task. The dilemma was essentially whether the title should most reflect the emphasis in this work on the more general application of European Community law by national courts, or rather accent the specific area of the free movement of goods provisions within the EC Treaty. Since the issues arising from the application of the free movement of goods provisions by the national courts have such wide implications (being representative of the application of any of the other four freedoms and indeed the application of EC law by the national courts in general) it was felt that this should be reflected in the title. It is hoped that this work will add to the growing awareness of the pivotal role played by the national courts as the Community courts, whilst also providing a thought provoking analysis of the free movement of goods provisions in the EC Treaty

1. Introduction
2. Article 30 and imports
3. Actually or potentially hindering intra-community trade
4. Article 34 and exports
5. Reverse discrimination and purely national methods
6. The rule of reason
7. Article 36 grounds of justification
8. Intellectual Property Rights
9. Completion of the internal market and the effect of community harmonisation legislation
10. Remedies for breach of the free movement of goods rules before national courts
11. Preliminary references to the ECJ under article 177
12. Conclusion