The free movement of goods, the first of the four fundamental freedoms of the internal market, is secured through the elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions, and the prohibition of measures having an equivalent effect. The principles of mutual recognition, elimination of physical and technical barriers, and promotion of standardization were added in order to continue the completion of the internal market. The adoption of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) in 2008 significantly strengthened product marketing rules, the free movement of goods, the EU’s market surveillance system and the CE mark. The mutual recognition principle was also consolidated, and applies to a wide range of products not covered by EU harmonization The free movement of goods is one of the success stories of the European project. It has helped to build the internal market from which European citizens and businesses are now benefiting and which is at the heart of EU policies. Today’s internal market makes it easy to certain buy and sell products in 27 Member States with a total population of more than 490 million. It gives consumers a wide choice of products and allows them to shop around for the best available offer. At the same time the free movement of goods is good for business. Around 75 % of intraEU trade is in goods. The single European marketplace that was created in past decades