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Intelligence-based risk management is a term widely used in the Customs sector and everyone agrees that today, it is the way to go to support global trade facilitation efforts and deal with resource … constraints. One of the key measures to implement such a policy is to have a systematic and accurate intelligence database with enforcement data.

The State of Israel has a rich history, with more than 30,000 known antiquity sites across the country. Most of these sites are out in the open, unguarded, and easily reached by the public. Neighbouring … countries, such as Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, are in the same situation, but, contrary to Israel, they do not permit any trade in antiquities.

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) has 23 members made up of independent countries and self-governing territories in the Pacific region. Established in 1986, its mandate is to support Customs … administrations in their endeavour to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of their work, in order to meet the development objectives of their governments. Such endeavours include the harmonization and simplification of Customs procedures, the facilitation of trade, better quality law enforcement, and the building of leadership and management capacity.

The New Year kicked off with positive news for wildlife, with the Chinese authorities announcing the capture and repatriation of a prolific ivory trafficker. This was the culmination of a major … investigation led by the Anti-Smuggling Bureau of China Customs, which has disrupted two major wildlife trafficking syndicates.

The Pan-European Network of Customs Practitioners (PEN-CP) is a five-year project funded by the European Union (EU) under Horizon 2020 (H2020), the financial instrument implementing the Innovation … Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness. The PEN-CP’s overarching vision is to create an innovative networking system across Europe to translate security research, innovation ideas and requirements into scalable and viable solutions, technologies and process improvements that would help Customs administrations to overcome the challenges of contemporary Customs and border management security.

This article looks at the close relationship that exists between rules of origin (ROO) and goods classification work. It argues that a change in tariff classification should remain the predominant … criteria for expressing substantial transformation, and that the revision of the WCO Harmonized System (HS) should, to the extent possible, accommodate the needs of ROO.

A rising global population and higher standards of living have in turn led to an exponential increase in the consumption of goods, resulting in greater quantities of waste. The word “waste” covers … a very wide spectrum of discarded material, encompassing household items, electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste), and industrial and agricultural waste, including pesticides.

Economic discussions at the international level are dominated by daily politics, such as global trade disputes on trade barriers, or the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (EU). Although … these discussions impact on Customs administrations and global trade players, they should not overshadow other political, legal and technological developments that will shape the future of trade and which the WCO has been addressing for some years under the heading “The Future of Customs.”

Many experiences were shared during the International Conference “Respect for IP – Growing from the Tip of Africa,” which took place at the end of October 2018 in Sandton, South Africa. The conference … was co-organized by South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), together with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the World Customs Organization (WCO), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The WCO has been prioritizing security-related issues for some years now, developing norms and practices to secure the supply chain and advocating that Customs administrations play an active … role in addressing border security-related challenges. In fact, in December 2015 WCO Members adopted the Punta Cana Resolution on the role of Customs in the security context, highlighting the fact that Customs administrations are the “first line of defence against many criminal and violent extremist and terrorist organizations… ”.

Priimti: Nacionalinių matavimo vienetų, reikalingų mokesčių apskaičiavimui, sąrašas; asmens atitikimo apskaitos registrų tvarkymo ir mokumo reikalavimams naudojantis sumažinto dydžio bendrąja … garantija arba atleidimu nuo pareigos pateikti garantiją kontrolinis klausimynas.

ES – Japonija laisvosios prekybos sutarties laikinas taikymas; ES kombinuotosios nomenklatūros paaiškinimų pakeitimai; importuojamiems plieno produktams nustatomos galutinės apsaugos priemonės; … antidempingo muitas elektriniams dviračiams ir aliuminiams radiatoriams; kompensacinis muitas elektriniams dviračiams.

Muitų tarifų augimas pastaruoju metu yra tarptautinių prekybos diskusijų centre. Tarptautinės prekybos rūmų užsakymu parengta ataskaita, pristatyta 2019 m. Pasaulio ekonomikos forume Davose, … atkreipia dėmesį į neigiamą tarifų poveikį ekonomikai.

Naudodamiesi įvairiomis duomenų bazėmis, pvz. LITAR, TARIC, retai kada pagalvojame, kaip duomenys jose atsiranda. Vokietijos bendrovė Mendel tiekia duomenis eksportuotojų naudojamai patekimo … į rinką duomenų bazei, angl. Market Access Database (ateityje pavadinimas keisis į Acess2Markets). Bendrovės vadovaujanti partnerė Anna Gayk maloniai sutiko pristatyti šią duomenų bazę ir pačios bendrovės veiklą.

Apžvelkime, kaip kritinės kvotos atveju įmonei pranešama apie kvotos suteikimą ir garantijos atlaisvinimą arba nesuteikimą ir prievolę sumokėti mokesčius.

Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismas priėmė sprendimą, svarbų dėl tarptautinių nuostatų taikymo muitų teisėje. 2009 m. sausio 29 d. reglamente Nr. 91/2009 nustatyti antidempingo muitai tam tikroms … importuojamoms Kinijos kilmės geležinėms arba plieninėms tvirtinimo detalėms.