Introduction

Directive 98/34/EC, an instrument of transparency at the service of the Internal Market

At the beginning of the 1980s the Commission, basing itself on a Court of Justice ruling known as the 'Cassis de Dijon' judgment, launched a new policy designed to complete the internal market on the basis of three concepts:

- Acceptance in each Member State of products lawfully manufactured in the rest of the Community ('mutual recognition');

- Harmonisation limited to important economic sectors covering, in particular, health, safety and the environment;

- A prevention-based approach to monitoring na...

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