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Dr. David Savage joined the Irish State Laboratory, where he worked in the Customs and Excise Section from 2003 to 2018. During this time, he supported the Irish Customs authority process BTI … applications and validated the tariff classification of goods subject to audit in addition to other duties. David also represented Ireland at the Customs Code Committee. Now he works for a Customs and International trade consultancy in Dublin. In the interview, we talk about the tariff classification of goods, Brexit, SMEs and customs knowledge, and other topics.

The new version of the Combined Nomenclature 2021 is already approved and will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union in October or November 2020. It will be applicable from … 1 January 2021. We overview the changes, which are indeed not many this year.

Since the statutory validity period of a BTI decision is 3 years, it would appear that all these years a trader can be sure of the accuracy of the tariff classification of goods. However, it … should be recalled that the BTI decision may cease to be valid/ be annulled/ be revoked before the end of the set 3-year validity period.

It is often said that where there is a will there’s a way, but the reverse can also be true: improving Customs administrations’ capacity to understand and implement regulations might influence … their willingness to make commitments.

Viena iš svarbiausių, į svarbiausių ES prekybos partnerių dešimtuką patenkančių ES prekybos partnerių yra Indijos Respublika. ES (tame tarpe ir Lietuvos Respublikos) verslo subjektams ieškant … naujų prekybos bei eksporto rinkų (ypač dėl dabartinių ekonomikos sukrėtimų, susijusių su Covid19 pandemijos poveikiu) itin aktualiais tampa klausimai su kokias eksporto ribojimais, kliūtimis ar muitais jie gali susidurti eksportuodami į Indijos Respubliką. Ar tokio eksporto sąlygos yra tinkamos, priimtinos bei gali užtikrinti sklandžius prekybos srautus ir reikiamas teisines garantijas veikiant Indijos rinkoje? Kodėl ES su vis dar nepavyksta sudaryti laisvosios prekybos sutarties su šia šalimi, kuri, tikėtina, padidintų ir europietiškų prekių eksportą į Indiją? Straipsnyje ES ir Lietuvos Respublikos eksportuotojams pateikiama informacija apie tarptautinės prekybos su Indija kliūtis, šios prekybos teisines sąlygas ir apibūdinama kokių pokyčių galima tikėtis artimiausioje ateityje.

Some of the most difficult disputes in the field of customs regulation arise due to the findings of the Customs Laboratory on the tariff classification of goods. If a tax dispute is pending in … court, the latter must verify the compliance of the Customs Laboratory's tests with the formal requirements and assess the comprehensiveness of the testing analysis together with the consistency of the examination data with the conclusion. This condition is essential. Hence, after transferring the dispute over the classification of goods to the court, they must evaluate the analysis carried out by the Customs Laboratory and the documents in accordance with the same rules as for other evidence in the case.

From a tariff classification point of view, the scope of the term ‘medical products’ has been and continues to be controversial in some instances. For businesses, classification of goods that … may or may not have medical application outside of Harmonised System Chapter 30 can result in their goods attracting a significant customs duty rate. This article summarises the case where heat patches, designed to treat muscle injuries and soreness, were originally classified by Commission Implementing Regulation 2016/1140 under heading 3824, but following an appeal to the ECJ, these items were found to be a products of heading 3005.

Once goods infringing intellectual property rights are released for free circulation, more than one entity is affected. To begin with, the biggest and most obvious damage is caused to the right … owner or holder himself due to the fact that counterfeits on the market have a negative impact on sales, price, product position in the market. The buyer does not benefit in this situation as well, the acquired good does not meet quality or even safety standards, usually there is no possibility to take advantage of consumer protection. In addition, IP infringements distort competition, which means that honest and law-abiding manufacturers or traders are put in an unequal position. Finally, counterfeit and pirated goods market creates damage in terms of uncollected taxes as well.

We are honored to introduce a new member of the editorial board of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal - Mr. Roberto Raya da Silva from Brazil, the expert in foreign trade, customs … valuation, and tariff classification. Mr. Raya is an Accredited Engineer from the Federal Revenue Service for launching technical reports to customs. He became the first Senior Appraiser for the machinery and equipment section in Brazil.

Iki 2019 m. gruodžio 31 d. Lietuvoje buvo taikoma popierinių FLEGT licencijų pateikimo muitinei tvarka. Siekiant efektyvinti ir tobulinti muitinės veiklą, nuo 2020 m. sausio 1 d. Lietuvos muitinė … pradėjo naudoti Miškų teisės aktų vykdymo, valdymo ir prekybos elektroninę sistemą FLEGIT-TRACES (toliau – FLEGIT sistema), skirtą FLEGT licencijų pateikimui ir apdorojimui elektroniniu būdu. Apžvelkime FLEGT licencijavimo sistemą ir FLEGIT sistemos naudojimo principus.

Per pastaruosius keletą metų sparčiai auga visuomenės domėjimasis pluoštinių kanapių sektoriumi. Besidomintys pluoštinių kanapių produktais įžvelgia plačias šių produktų panaudojimo galimybes. … Apžvelkime pluoštinių kanapių produktų importo sąlygas bei reikalavimus importuotojams, ketinantiems importuoti šiuos produktus iš trečiųjų šalių.

Tęsiame temą, pradėtą Muitų teisė praktikams Nr. 80. Pastaraisiais metais (pastarąjį dešimtmetį (nuo 2010 m.)) ES Teisingumo Teismas (ESTT) yra nagrinėjęs ne vieną bylą, kurioje buvo teikiami … išaiškinimai Baltijos valstybių (Lietuvos, Latvijos, Estijos) teismams, pagal jų paklausimus ESTT dėl teisingo Kombinuotosios nomenklatūros (KN) aiškinimo. Šiame straipsnyje aptariamos bylos, susijusios su kalbiniu (lingvistinių) KN aiškinimu ir nagrinėjamos situacijos, ką reikėtų daryti ir kaip taikyti KN, kai jos versijos skirtingomis kalbomis nėra identiškos.

Šių metų pradžios teismų praktika užtikrintai perėmė 2019 m. pabaigoje suformuotą požiūrį į deklarantų atliekamas funkcijas. Ši tendencija negali nedžiuginti, kadangi formalaus deklarantų veiksmų … vertinimo administracinės atsakomybės kontekste atsisakymas ne tik leidžia sutaupyti reikšmingus administracinius resursus, bet ir užtikrina ramybės ir stabilumo jausmą susijusiems su muitinės formalumų atlikimu asmenims, grąžina susidomėjimą muitinės tarpininko profesija.

In the case of a Drone, a relatively new device that constantly finds a new application when making some adaptations, do you know how to classify properly? Do the interpretative rules of the … Harmonized System follow the technological evolution of goods?

The alcoholic drinks sector has seen much product innovation in recent years. Some of this product innovation has been to tariff engineer products that can avail of the lower excise rates associated … with fermented beverages relative to spirituous beverages. Following a series of landmark court cases, there is now extensive case law in place giving instruction as to how to classify these products.

In order to classify goods properly, we need to review numerous documents that we find on various websites: classification conclusions, regulations, court rulings, and much more. Emphasizing … the importance of correct classification of goods and facilitating this process, the European Commission has introduced a new database called CLASS consultation. I will give an overview of what we find in it and how to use it.

The article analyses judicial cases of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), which were initiated by the national courts in the Baltic States and were related to the tariff classification of … goods. The author presents both general issues of the proper application of the Combined Nomenclature of the EU in the Baltic States (application of general rules for the interpretation of Combined Nomenclature) as well as the relationship between the Combined Nomenclature and other legal sources, which also regulates tariff classification of goods. Finally, the article also addresses some specific questions of tariff classification which arose in the Baltic States, such as classification of heterogenous (complex) products under the practice of the CJEU.

The Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the “EAEU”) is an international organization including five countries – the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, … which is intended to create a “Single Economic Space” in the former Soviet countries. Within its framework, a number of legal acts were adopted, in accordance with which the EAEU member countries agreed to ensure the safety of goods . This is to be achieved by virtue of ensuring compliance of goods and manufacturing conditions with the requirements of technical regulations (hereinafter referred to as the “TRs”) implemented on the territories of the states which are parties to the organization . Such TRs apply to goods of both national and foreign origin. The confirmation of conformity of goods with the safety requirements established by TRs shall inter alia be made by means of labelling the goods with an EAC logo.

These are the 6 rules that are applied when setting up a 6-character commodity code. The rules are laid down in the global Harmonized System and transposed into the EU Combined Nomenclature.