The European Parliament considers consequently that the decisions of the Greek courts to impose administrative penalties, which amount to many times the original purchase price of the vehicles, are incompatible with the principles of the free movement of goods and persons, and that national administrative penalties are only compatible with Community law to the extent that they do not present an obstacle to the exercise of the freedoms guaranteed by the Treatis.
The European Parliament considers consequently that the decisions of the Greek courts to impose administrative penalties, which amount to many times the original purchase price of the vehicles, are incompatible with the principles of the free movement of goods and persons, and that national administrative penalties are only compatible with Community law to the extent that they do not present an obstacle to the exercise of the freedoms guaranteed by the Treaties.