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This article talks about the meaning of “ex” before commodity codes listed under Annex I of the EU Deforestation Regulation. With confusion around the interpretation of these codes, it’s one … of the points that would need to be clarified before the Regulation can be implemented.

In this article, the author outlines the content of his presentation and the subsequent questions and answers session during the meeting of the Council's Customs Union Working Group (CUG) on … 19 September 2024, in Brussels. The author was invited by the Hungarian Presidency as a customs law expert.

News in brief: safety and security declaration update; Single Trade Window postponed; TRA recommend duty on Chinese excavators; UK to join CPTPP updates; continental shelf declarations; negotiations … on the UK-South Korea FTA resume; ICS2 and NCTS5 update; Simplified Process for Internal Market Movements (SPIMM).

Article 34 (7)(ііі) of the Union Customs Code provides for that the customs authorities shall revoke BTI decisions where they are no longer compatible with the classification decisions, classification … opinions or amendments of the HS nomenclature Explanatory Notes. In such cases, the European Commission issues a Communication and publishes it in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the European Union. This article provides an overview of the recent Communication C/2024/5990 and the classification opinions contained therein.

News in week 48: final decision by CJEU in 'Harley Davidson' case on relocating production to avoid retaliatory tariffs; the link of VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) with the EU Customs Reform; … expiry review of anti-dumping on sweetcorn in kernels; EU launches consultation on dispute with India over tariffs on ICT goods; Commission challenges China's anti-dumping tariffs on EU brandy at the WTO; updates of CBAM documents; changes to the import control requirements for certain organic products; Botswana to establish export certification point for rough diamonds; authorisation for the importation of cherry plants from the UK (phytosanitary measures); and more news!

News at a glance: Export security regime for certain types of agricultural products introduced; Ukrainian Customs Decision System pilot project launched; Automated processing of customs declarations … launched; Summary of 2-year journey of Ukraine's use of NTCS; Guidelines for implementation of Customs Code updates published

Companies are legally required to keep records related to their import and export transactions. That includes commercial, customs and shipping documentation. The company needs to obtain some … of the documents from its freight forwarder, customs broker or other parties involved.

Non-manipulation certificate is a document required when goods of preferential origin are unloaded, stored and/or subjected to treatments necessary to maintain the goods in a third country while … being shipped from the country of dispatch to the country of destination.

Compliance means that a person or organisation complies with the applicable laws and regulations of their own accord or adheres to them. Learn about the international standard definition of compliance … and what customs authorities do to ensure compliance.

An EORI number means an identification number, unique in the customs territory of the European Union, assigned by a customs authority to an economic operator or to another person in order to … register that person for customs purposes.