The Social and Economic Consequences of Abolishing 'Duty Free' Within the EU

Estudio 01-10-1997

The abolition in 1999 of duty-free sales for persons travelling within the European Union has become the subject of a lively controversy. This study considers the basic statistics, the legal situation, the consequences of national budgets, the foreseeable results of the abolition of duty-free sales and in particular the regional and local effect of abolition.