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ATA Carnet is used for the temporary export, transit and temporary admission of goods for specific purposes, e.g. for displays, exhibitions and fairs, as professional equipment and as commercial … samples.

Common transit is a customs procedure for transporting goods between the EU and common transit countries, and between common transit countries themselves. These are the countries that have signed … the Convention on a common transit procedure: the EU Member States, the United Kingdom, the EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland), Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia.

AGRIM import licence/ AGREX export licence is an electronic or paper document of a specific period of validity entitling the holder to import/ export certain agricultural products. To exercise … this right, the licence must be submitted together with a customs declaration.

Until recently, e-cigarettes and their accessories were not subject to precise, unambiguous regulation under Russian law, including requirements on packaging labelling. As a matter of practice, … until recently, some market players were attempting to mitigate compliance risks stemming from the aforementioned legislative gap as to labelling of the products in question by adhering to regulations applicable to tobacco products. Nevertheless, recently, quite substantial changes were made to legislation governing nicotine-containing products, including e-cigarettes.

Common Health Entry Document (CHED) is a mandatory document in the EU for safety controls when importing animals, products of animal origin, products of plant origin, as well as feed and food … products.

Sanctions are applied to restrict the movement of money, goods, and services to/from the sanctioned country; travel bans may apply to certain persons. Current developments and the new regulatory … framework are increasingly affecting businesses in the international trade and logistics sectors. Let's take a look at what is significant for businesses to pay attention to.

Sankcijos taikomos suvaržant pinigų, paslaugų ir prekių judėjimą į/iš sankcionuojamos šalies, pavyzdžiui, š. m. rugsėjį Lietuvos muitinė sustabdė Baltarusijos įmonės „BelAZ“ savivarčių išgabenimą … į Čilę. Nauju reglamentavimu toliau vystomos ribojimų sistemos poveikį jaučia vis daugiau tiek tarptautinės prekybos, tiek logistikos sektoriaus verslų. Apžvelkime, kas žinotina ir į ką svarbu verslui atkreipti dėmesį.

Consular stamping requirements mean the procedure of obtaining from a consul of the importing country in the territory of the exporting country, or in the territory of a third country, a consular … invoice or a consular visa for a commercial invoice, certificate of origin, manifest, shipper's export declaration or any other customs documentation in connection with the importation of the good.

When buying or selling goods across a border, it is considered good business practice to understand the rules applied on the other side of the border. This is because the decisions you make when … selling the goods can have a significant influence over the decisions and responsibilities of the business buying them on the other side.

On 9 September 2021, the revised EU rules on exports of dual-use items set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/821 (“Recast Regulation”) came into force. While the Recast Regulation does not fundamentally … change the EU rules underpinning dual-use exports, it brings new elements in the EU regime, aiming to make it apt to respond to modern challenges. This short article provides an overview of the most important changes and their impact on exporters.

Restrictions are specific requirements or conditions that are mandatory for the import or export of certain goods. Prohibitions mean inadmissibility, exclusion of the possibility to import or … export goods.

Š.m. rugsėjo 9 d. įsigaliojo Reglamentas (ES) Nr. 2021/821 nustatantis Sąjungos dvejopo naudojimo prekių kontrolės režimą ir panaikintas „senasis“ Reglamentas (EB) Nr. 428/2009. Kas pasikeitė? … Į ką svarbu atkreipti dėmesį verslui? Kalbamės su Rolandu Jurgaičiu, Muitinės departamento Muitinės procedūrų skyriaus vyresniuoju patarėju.

Lietuvos įmonė Taivane įsigijo tam tikrų pieno gaminių, kuriuos nori išleisti į laisvą apyvartą ES. Tačiau atgabentą krovinį Klaipėdos uoste sulaiko Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba. … Gaminių įvežti į ES neleidžiama, nes Taivanas nėra suderinęs likučių plano. Importuotojui nurodoma grąžinti prekę į eksporto šalį arba ją sunaikinti. Kas yra „likučių planas“ ir kaip verslui nepapulti į tokias situacijas?

The European Commission has published its 39th Annual Report on the use of trade defence instruments (TDIs) in 2020. The TDIs are applied to prevent unfair trade practices, mainly cheap imports … due to dumping or subsidies, which harm EU producers. However, EU importers, especially SMEs, are often caught by a newly launched TDI unprepared and not aware of the unfair trade. The price of unawareness is high - the amount of import duties to be paid may be similar to the price of the goods themselves.

We often do not even think that the wood packaging material (WPM) used in trade to support, strengthen, and transport any production can pose any threat. However, there is a huge threat. Pests … can spread with WPM. These harmful organisms do not choose - parks, private gardens, private yards with cultivated vegetation, or forest. Once in the country and under the right conditions, pests spread very quickly, and it is extremely difficult to eradicate them. The fight against already existing pests causes severe economic, emotional damage by cutting down and destroying all trees that are infected, regardless of where they grow and the value they have.

Editorial word. We keep hearing stories of products, such as massage chairs, plush toys, 'stuck' in customs and not allowed into the EU market due to incorrect or non-existent CE marking. What … should be known to EU importers to prevent such situations? Mr. Arvydas Naina, Head of the Market Surveillance Planning and Risk Assessment Division, State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA), Lithuania, kindly agreed to answer related questions.

Editorial word. The website of the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA), Lithuania contains numerous reports of prohibited products to be placed on the market, for example, due … to the risk of injury, it is prohibited to place a scooter from China on the market (see picture below). Therefore, importers seeking the smooth release of goods for free circulation need to be certain of the product's compliance with EU safety requirements. Mr. Arvydas Naina, Head of the Market Surveillance Planning and Risk Assessment Division, SCRPA, kindly agreed to answer questions on the topic.