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dan_dalton_002Plans to impose ‘burdensome, costly and time consuming’ red tape on consumers and courier companies have been avoided after a sustained campaign by West Midlands MEP Daniel Dalton.

The EU Commission were asking for paperwork for every package that comes into the EU.  However, following an intervention by Mr Dalton, packages with a value of 17£ or 22€ and under will now be exempt. This is an estimated 17 million packages a year. The MEP warned that it would lead to higher prices and adversely affect small courier and delivery firms who would have been ‘swamped’ with paperwork.

Dalton said: "The proposals were burdensome, time-consuming and unworkable. It would have reduced the incentive to trade and the costs would have been passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices" said Daniel "It is a victory for common sense".

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