17The Commission states that the introduction of the environmental tax is in breach of the Common Customs Tariff and, consequently, Articles 23 EC, 25 EC, 26 EC and 133 EC, since that tax alters the equalisation of customs charges imposed at the Community's external borders on goods imported from non-member countries, potentially causing deflections of trade in relations with those countries and distortions in the free movement of goods or in conditions of competition between Member States (Case C-109/98 CRT France international [1999] ECR I-2237, paragraphs 22 to 23, and case-law cited).
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