It won't work (Score 1)

The dutch tried this in the 60's with radio and television. The result was booming business across the border. :) Yould could, for example, purchase your TV in Germany, bring it over, and never register it. Given the current mobility of folks, this is even more so a no-brainer these days. Rotterdam to Antwerp is ~30 euros by train -- people will just buy their ipods elsewhere. This isn't going to work unless all of the EU does it. -charles.