Moving People and Goods

Abstract

As the quotation states, free movement of people and goods is a fundamental principle of economic integration and the establishment of a common market; as such it appears in Article 3[c] of the Treaty of Rome.¹ Further, Article 3[e] calls for ‘the adoption of a common policy in the sphere of transport’. This principle has been implicit in the discussion in many other chapters of this book.

The transport sector makes a vital contribution to the European Community’s frontier-free single market. Without efficient transport networks, two of the European Community’s basic principles – the free movement of goods and people — would not function.

(European Commission, 1993)