Cheaper Carrara marble?

The municipality of Carrara is no longer allowed to impose a surcharge on its world-famous Marble (http://www.lightemprador.com) . The surcharge acts like an export duty and (http://maplered.com) is therefore inadmissible in the European Customs Union was the verdict of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg at the beginning of September.

The white to grey Carrara Marble (http://www.lightemprador.com) is one of the most famous natural Stone (http://g603.net) s in the world. The »marble surcharge?" goes back to a special Italian law of 1911. The Tuscanian municipality uses this surcharge to finance its port, roads and (http://maplered.com) other expenditure due mainly to Marble (http://www.lightemprador.com) quarrying in the around 150 Stone (http://g603.net) quarries in the surrounding area. An Italian dealer had protested against the surcharge, which was equivalent to a good four euros per ton in the year of dispute 2001. Successfully: The surcharge amounts to an inadmissible customs duty, because it is not imposed throughout the EU. The fact that the surcharge-free area of the Carrara municipality is very small is imMaterial (http://g654.org) , likewise the purpose of the surcharge.