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News at a glance: registration of non-residents at the customs office of Ukraine; criminalization of smuggling: the first step done for adoption; the government regulated the monitoring procedure … of the compliance of AEO in Ukraine; safeguard regarding import of the ceramic tiles was terminated.

Customs valuation of goods imported into Ukraine is one of the most challenging stages of cross-border trade operations. It is relatively easy to determine the customs value of goods; however, … it is almost impossible to convince the customs that the value is accurate and based on the actual price. Hence, there are many court appeals against customs decisions to adjust the customs value. The statistics of court proceedings on such cases are not in favour of customs. Thus, in cases involving Ukrainian customs, 80% (2330 out of 2917 considered over 11 months of 2020) of court decisions were made in favour of plaintiffs (importers, declarants, etc.).

The Union transit procedure is used to move non-Union and Union status goods from one point to another within the customs territory of the Union, and also Andorra and San Marino. There are two … categories of the Union transit procedure: external transit and internal transit.

In this article, we outline issues that holders of the procedure (who provide a guarantee to cover the amount of potential debt) might face in case the Union transit procedure or common transit … procedure is not properly ended in the electronic customs systems. A real case, when the T1 transit procedure was not ended in Germany, and the goods were shipped to Russia, is provided as an example of an issue.

One of the conditions of a trade agreement is that goods must travel directly between the signatory countries. How is the direct transport rule enforced in practice? This article provides an … overview of the answers based on the experience of local practitioners from Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ukraine, Mexico, and Vietnam.

“It is important for us to provide the floor for discussion of issues important for scientists and practicing lawyers focusing on respective fields, for logistic and customs professionals.” - … Prof Dr Borys Kormych, the Editor in Chief of 'Lex Portus' journal, tells in an interview about the journal, shares insights from articles, provides interesting facts about the case-law (Ukraine has an extensive practice of customs appeals), and answers other questions.

The authors of this article argue that harmonization should be high on the agenda both of those who make, and of those who enforce, legislation. To illustrate, they explain some of the issues … faced by businesses due to the lack of harmonization of rules, or to the non-harmonized implementation of these rules. Three topics are addressed: the difficulty of identifying preferential rules of origin for a given HS code; the process to obtain a Customs registration number in the European Union; and the implementation of the AEO Programme in Ukraine.

2020 has presented a new possibility for the trade with Ukraine – cumulation. Cumulation is one of the rules of origin, provided by the Regional Pan-Euro-Med Convention. This rule applies, when … two or more countries have identical rules of origin and trade agreements between each other. This possibility as well has to be acknowledged by the parties and published.

In the book "Customs Regimes in Ukraine" disparate provisions of the legislation - the Customs Code, the Tax Code, numerous regulations - are brought together. This simplifies the perception … and understanding of how customs formalities are carried out in a particular customs regime. Read the author's talk or watch the video.

The current Customs Code of Ukraine includes eighteen types of customs offenses entailing administrative liability. Compared to the previous Customs Code, their number has decreased by a third. … However, this does not result in positive dynamics towards the reduction of illegal acts as well as there are no signs that some of the acts ceased to be offenses.

For the offenses committed, which are related to the implementation of customs brokerage activities, the customs broker bears responsibility established by the Customs Code of Ukraine (CCU) and … other laws of Ukraine. The person authorized to declare goods, commercial vehicles on behalf of the declarant has the same obligations, rights, and bears the same responsibility as the declarant. These norms are contradictory to each other. And on the basis of these norms of the Customs Code of Ukraine, the customs authority builds its further behavioural relationship with the customs broker.

The article reviews one of the recent Association Agreements with the third countries which were concluded by the EU, namely, EU – Ukraine Association Agreement (2017), and, in particular, presents … the experience and practice of Ukraine while implementing its commitments to harmonize national customs legislation with the EU customs law. The article describes efforts of the Republic of Ukraine to modernize its national sources of customs law and presents the summary of legal acts adopted in Ukraine while implementing the Association Agreement with the EU. The information provided in the article describes the conditions faced by all businesses engaged in trade between Ukraine and the EU as well as importing goods from the EU to the Republic of Ukraine.