MPs have backed campaigns by supermarket chains including Asda and Tesco to end restrictions on the 'grey market' where genuine trademarked goods are imported from abroad to be sold within the UK at reduced prices.

BBC: News | UK Politics | MPs back cheaper designer goods

But the European Court of Justice banned the sale of branded goods bought through unauthorised channels outside the European Union - on the so-called 'grey market'.

BBC: Jeans battle goes to court