PART THREE

UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
TITLE II

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
CHAPTER 1

THE CUSTOMS UNION

(ex Article 27 TEC)
Article 32
In carrying out the tasks entrusted to it under this Chapter the Commission shall be guided by:
1. the need to promote trade between Member States and third countries;
2. developments in conditions of competition within the Union in so far as they lead to an improvement in the competitive capacity of undertakings;
3. the requirements of the Union as regards the supply of raw materials and semi-finished goods; in this connection the Commission shall take care to avoid distorting conditions of competition between Member States in respect of finished goods;
4. the need to avoid serious disturbances in the economies of Member States and to ensure rational development of production and an expansion of consumption within the Union.