ABSTRACT
The internal market proposals were motivated, in part, by the fear that the European Community (EC) was losing out economically to the United States Of America (USA) and Japan and that it would continue to do so. For exporters into the EC the most disappointing feature of the June 1985 White Paper on the "Completion of the Internal Market" was that it made no reference to how the proposals might affect them. Exporters into the EC have become accustomed to recognising the role of the Commission and of Community legislation in trading matters, at the expense of individual national regulation. The Community's common commercial policy, common agricultural policy, and common fisheries policy have each reinforced the Commission's role in dealing with the outside world. The Japanese Government is also watching the progress of the internal market legislation closely, and it is concerned that 'transparency' be maintained.
