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The article discusses the peculiarities of the practical application of European Union (EU) rules on customs origin in the EU Member State - the Republic of Lithuania and presents the current … practice of national authorities in this area (in tax disputes related to the origin of imported goods), emphasizes its peculiarities and differences from practices in other EU Member States. The analysis performed and described in the article substantiates that in the Republic of Lithuania the possible sources of proof of customs origin of goods are assessed and interpreted in a unique and rather formal way. Besides, the burden of proving the origin of imported goods and its distribution between customs and importer is understood specifically and can be considered as more favourable to importers than the usual practice at the EU level.

Praktikoje kartas nuo karto kyla klausimai kas yra tinkamas importo akcizo mokesčio administratorius – muitinė ar Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija (VMI) ir kuriais atvejais? Tai ypač aktualu tais … atvejais, kai importuotos akcizais apmokestinamos prekės vėliau buvo perdirbtos ir eksportuotos, kas, savo ruožtu, sudaro pagrindą svarstyti klausimą atleisti jas nuo akcizo mokesčio. Akivaizdu, jog praktiniu požiūriu itin svarbu žinoti, kuris mokesčio administratorius – muitinė ar VMI - turėtų spręsti tokį klausimą ir kokia tvarka (procedūra) bei kuomet? Straipsnyje, remiantis naujausia Lietuvos vyriausiojo administracinio praktika bei išaiškinimais, aptariami minėti probleminiai aspektai bei pateikiami atsakymai į nurodytus klausimus.

In this article, we overview a recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning tariff classification of goods. The product is 'bamboo beakers' made of plant fibers (72,33% … by weight) and melamine resin (25,2% by weight), the latter gives the product its shape and strength. The questions raised: how are headings 3924 and 4419 of the Combined Nomenclature to be interpreted for the classification of this product; whether GIR 3 (a) ('heading which provides the most specific description') or GIR 3 (b) ('the material which gives the goods their essential character') should be applied.

Editorial word. This month, the European Commission published a regulation that prolonged the application of safeguard measures against imports of certain steel products. Ingrida Beliokienė, … the chief specialist of the Tariffs Division of the Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance (Lithuania), kindly agreed to share information about the peculiarities of the use of these measures.

The use of tariff quotas is an important topic for many EU importers, and its relevance is not diminishing. Let’s take a look at the questions that businesses raise about tariff quotas and what … is important to pay attention to.

Businesses usually contact the Customs Laboratory to find out the tariff classification of a good and/ or certain parameters of it in order to assess the financial aspects of their business plan … and aspects related to the prohibitions and restrictions on entry or exit of goods. Let's take a look at how to get the product classification recommendation in Lithuania and what to do if you disagree with it.

Imagine uploading an image into the system, which in turn analyses which item is depicted and automatically assigns it the appropriate customs tariff number. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Automatic … image recognition would completely revolutionise the customs sector. But how could this work, and how far are we from implementation?

Place of origin of import VAT obligation - the final destination of the goods entering the territory of the Union or entering the economic circulation of the Union? This question was further … explored and answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

It often happens that customs declarations are incorrectly filled out. Such errors are not necessarily intentional and are often nothing more than carelessness. The question in such cases is … whether it is possible to amend the customs declaration retrospectively and how. Whereas it is accepted it is possible to go back and correct particulars about the goods and their value, the customs administration has generally not allowed the customs declarant to be amended in this way. Among the reasons cited is that the relevant court judgements have also rejected such an amendment. We now have two recent judgements which deal with this question of the retrospective amendment of the customs declarant. How helpful are these judgements in practice?