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The issue of customs valuation is extremely important for Ukraine. The author has written about it in previous issues of the journal. A special case of customs valuation is no exception - when … the seller and the buyer are related parties. The concept of "related parties" in Ukrainian legislation is fully compatible with the GATT, as the Customs Code of Ukraine refers directly to Article 15 of the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement rather than defining this concept. It would seem that if there is nothing wrong with the legislation and if it is in line with accepted standards and principles, there should be no problems with its application. However, this is not the case.

News at a glance: Three EU nations ban Ukraine’s grain export; reinstating smuggling as a criminal offense; updated free trade agreements between Ukraine and Canada, and Ukraine and North Macedonia; … anti-dumping measures.

News in week 39: Prohibition to import iron and steel product processed in a third country that incorporate iron and steel products originating in Russia enters into force on 30 September - see … Irish Customs notification and explanations; on 1 October, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) enters into application; provisional list of CBAM National Competent Authorities; regulations related to entry of goods into Northern Ireland; the UK inform about world’s first fully digitalised goods shipment; and more updates.

The development of free trade areas around the world, with most attention paid to the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, is a major theme of the article. It also raises the question of the … role of the EU in this development. The article is based on the presentation at the European Customs Practitioners' Conference held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 25-26 May and online.

Presumption of guilt - you'll say it doesn't work that way. Unfortunately, in tax law, the taxpayer is presumed to be guilty of breaching the tax law unless he proves otherwise. The only question … is whether, even if proven not guilty, the taxpayer will not have to pay the tax. In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified whether the owner of an excise warehouse (whose guilt has not been proven) will have to pay the suspended taxes (in this case almost €3 million) in a case where the evidence of the completion of the formalities has been falsified and where the goods have been transported to an unknown destination. The clarifications are important not only for the owners of excise warehouses, but also for all users of suspended tax regimes - transit, customs warehousing, temporary admission for processing and others - in order to better understand, assess and manage the risks involved. The CJEU has also clarified when goods are considered "lost" and no tax is due.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - a topic that was barely heard of last year, it now seems to be a topic that appears at almost every conference and can be applied in every field. When we heard … about artificial intelligence and its availability on the market, it seemed so distant and unheard of, and when the first reports appeared in the press, we certainly did not think that we, as customs brokers, would be able to apply it to our own operations. I will not hide the fact that the first people to try out the CHAT GPT tool in our company were our colleagues who are the most interested in information technology and innovations in the market.

'It is December 2039, and various newsbots push the following content to their subscribers: ... Customs is being abolished next January (2040) when the EU's new customs system [Artificial Customs … Intelligence Depository, ACID] comes into operation ... The new system means that most of the approximately 5,500 Customs employees will lose their jobs.' This is how the introduction to the book "Customs Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere" by Frank Heijmann and John Peters begins [1].

Muitinės sandėlyje apskaitos pažeidimai gali būti nustatomi įvairiomis formomis: tai ir nustatyti prekių trūkumai ar perteklius, prekių perdavimo sandėlio viduje klaidos, neteisingas duomenų … suvedimas. Tačiau tam tikrais atvejais, net išvežus prekes iš muitinės sandėlio ir tinkamai užbaigus sandėliavimo procedūrą, gali atsirasti mokestinė prievolė muitinei. Tokia situacija nagrinėjama aktualioje teismo byloje.

Naujienos 39 savaitę: rugsėjo 30 d. įsigalioja draudimas importuoti trečiojoje šalyje perdirbtus geležies ir plieno gaminius, į kurių sudėtį įeina Rusijos kilmės geležies ir plieno gaminiai - … žr. Airijos muitinės pranešimą ir paaiškinimus; spalio 1 d. pradedamas taikyti pasienio anglies dioksido korekcinis mechanizmas (PADKM); preliminarus PADKM nacionalinių kompetentingų institucijų sąrašas; reglamentai, susiję su prekių įvežimu į Šiaurės Airiją; JK informuoja apie pirmąjį pasaulyje visiškai skaitmenizuotą prekių siuntos gabenimą; ir daugiau naujienų.

Naujienos 39 savaitę: pradedamas taikyti pasienio anglies dioksido korekcinis mechanizmas (PADKM); nebeįleidžiami automobiliai su rusiškais registracijos numeriais; teismo sprendimas byloje dėl … tranzito procedūros netinkamo užbaigimo; ir daugiau aktualijų.

The Romanian company provides transportation services. It transported goods from the port of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) to Cluj-Napoca (Romania) under transit procedure. Goods were released … into free circulation in Romania. It treated transportation service as VAT exempt because it assumed that transportation cost was included into the import VAT taxable base. Tax authorities claimed otherwise: the taxpayer failed to provide documents confirming that the transportation cost was included into the import VAT taxable base. Consequently, they denied the exemption. The dispute between the company and the tax authorities reached as far as the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), which recently issued clarifications on the application of the provisions of the VAT Directive in this case.

A few days ago, an Israeli court accepted a claim by an importer of electric kettles against the customs authority, regarding the classification of the products for customs purposes. The court … adopted the importer's position that the kettles should be classified in subheading 851610 of the HS as "immersion heaters" and rejected the customs position to classify them in subheading 851670 as "other electro-thermal devices". This ruling is an example of the court's creative interpretation of old terms, considering the advancement of technology.

Can a small difference between Canadian customs legislation and the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement really affect the customs valuation process and its outcome? The following article attempts … to answer this question.

If you import aluminium, steel and iron products, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen or electricity, you should already have answered the question of who in your company speaks the language of the … Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), i.e. is knowledgeable in this area and responsible for compliance. And not just you, but also your suppliers from outside the EU, as they will provide you with information on the carbon emissions generated in the production of goods. So who in your supplier company speaks the CBAM language? In this article we look at the links between CBAM and customs, as well as other areas, to help you answer the question of whether the primary responsibility for CBAM compliance should lie with the person responsible for customs matters.

Skaitytojo klausimas: Skaitome aktualijas iš Jungtinės Karalystės apie jų kuriamą efektyviausią pasaulyje sieną. Būtų įdomu, jei nuolat apžvelgtumėte, kaip jiems sekasi, kokios naujausios žinios? … Atsakydami į klausimą apžvelgiame technologijų panaudojimo tikslus ir bendras kryptis JK, ES, JAV ir kitose šalyse, bei pristatome aktualiai paskelbtą JK pasienio pasitikėjimo ekosistemos pilotinio projekto rezultatų ataskaitą.

Skaitytojo klausimas: Koks bus muitinės vaidmuo pereinamuoju laikotarpiu (2023 m. spalis – 2025 m. gruodis) įgyvendinant pasienio anglies dioksido kontrolės mechanizmą (PADKM)? Atsakydami į klausimą … ne tik apžvelgiame muitinės vaidmenį, bet ir atkreipiame dėmesį į visų susijusių asmenų vaidmenis ir pabrėžiame ataskaitas teikiančio deklaranto atsakomybę.

Redakcija: Inventorizacija yra įprasta muitinės, laikinojo saugojimo, akcizinių prekių ir kituose sandėliuose. Taip pat jos principus taikome ne tik prekių atžvilgiu, bet ir naudodamiesi supaprastintomis … procedūromis, pavyzdžiui, inventorizuodami įgaliotojo siuntėjo naudojamas plombas. Apskritai, tai labai svarbus įrankis apskaitoje turimų duomenų patikrinimui su faktu ir atitikties užtikrinimui. Pakvietėme ekspertus pasidalinti, į ką turėtų atkreipti verslas ir atsakingi įmonės darbuotojai dėmesį.