The European domestic market guarantees the free traffic of persons, goods, service and capital within the European community (EEC). The domestic market project was brought 1985 by the president at that time to the European commission, Jacques Delors, on the way and was stepped on 1 January 1993 into force. The legal bases are in the contract for the establishment of the European community (EGV), see by program kind 14 EGV.Der free passenger traffic by the Schengener agreement were regulated.

The most important effect of the domestic market is that there are to a large extent no national markets more, but only a European market in Europe. The advantages for the consumer consist of the fact that there is so a larger selection of products and that the larger competition pressure forces the companies to offer their products or services for lower prices and/or better quality.

In addition the domestic market facilitates the job and domicile search in the countries of the member states.

Within the domestic market there are no more customs borders. The domestic market goes here beyond a customs union, as also a uniform customs territory was created. The member states of the European Union use further different tariffs for consumption taxes, however no more is responsible the customs authorities, but the tax offices for the collection and accounting of the different taxes with the exceeding of the Binnengrenze in the commercial goods traffic. For this the value added tax identification number (Ust serves. - ID). In the private goods traffic against it without the collection of different taxes one does; here the commodity is paid duty simply in the country of origin.

Obstacles, which were not overcome within the domestic market yet, are the further existing different standards and standards, which make the exchange of goods more difficult. Thus e.g. the German purity requirement prevented until 1987 usually that foreign beers were sold in Germany under the designation "beer ".

However the equivalence of the vocational qualifications was already recognized by the individual countries.

Fundamental its member states belong to the domestic market of the European community (EEC). There are however for historical reasons deviations:

Following areas/states belong to the tariff and tax area of the European Union:

• Isle OF one - a foreign trade zone:

• Iceland (EWR/EFTA)
• Liechtenstein (EWR/EFTA)
• Norway (EWR/EFTA)
• Switzerland (only EFTA)
• Turkey (customs union since 1996)

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