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In June 2024, the EU took another step towards building a climate-neutral and circular economy and a greener environment. This is the adoption of the new Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European … Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 - Ecodesign for Product Sustainability Regulation. The purpose of these innovations is declared to be quite noble - to increase product durability, reliability, maintainability, modernisation, reusability and recyclability, as well as to reduce waste generation and generally negative environmental impacts. Time will tell whether these goals will be achieved, as the first phase of implementation of these innovations is scheduled for July 2026. This article will help you understand what manufacturers, importers and other stakeholders can expect in the near future and the role customs will play in monitoring compliance with the new requirements.

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.

News in week 42: EU deforestation law's application has been postponed by 12 months; guidelines for exporters with regard to non-listed cyber-surveillance items; resolution on implementation … of the EU-Canada CETA; EU-Andean Countries: final step of the ratification process of the trade agreement; definitive anti-dumping duty on aluminium radiators; provisional anti-dumping duty on glass fibre yarns; investigation concerning circumvention of the anti-dumping on graphite electrode systems; impending expiry of anti-dumping on ferro-silicon; extended validity of restrictive measures against the proliferation of chemical weapons; amendments of the lists of sanctioned persons in view of actions destabilising Moldova, and in response to Iran’s missile transfer to Russia; NCTS-P5 - Irish Customs is extending the migration window up until the 31.12.2024; Council adopted a regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances; QR codes on products in the light of simplifying and modernising EU law; resolution on current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation.

Customs valuation disputes are very common worldwide. In Israel, valuation disputes concerning foodstuff supervision costs were resolved few years ago, in favour of the State. It was ruled that … these supervision costs are inseparable from the goods value, and therefore dutiable.

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.

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.