There is clear evidence that tax induced price competition adversely affects spirits market share, both in the UK and in major EC markets.

If directives are not being enforced at a local level, the EC market will remain unfair.

'For example, it becomes considerably easier to contemplate supplying across EC markets from a stock held in a central EC location.'

Company A, a firm established in a third country, buys in a third country petroleum product which meet the norms of the EC market.

This proof is complete if the products when sold by the manufacturer bear specifications or marks showing their destination for the EC market.

Of course, the local economy would benefit if Northern Ireland supplied a larger part of the EC market for food as well as increasing exports elsewhere.

Instead the organisation's east coast committee voted to press for a temporary import ban on Russian cod to allow EC markets to stabilise.

The statement is true today, except that the potential importance is enormously increased by the EC free market.

There was increasing pressure from other European countries for access to EC markets if not membership of the EC [see below].

Progress continued towards the creation of a structure for a unified EC market in equities.