One court case - two lessons: tariff quotas, invalidation of a customs declaration and potential risks

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- Topic: duties, taxes
- Market: EU - European Union Europe
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Classification under a tariff subheading is not an end in itself but serves to determine which measures, tariff or other, should be applied to the goods concerned. However, in case of inward … processing in the EU, the question has been raised, whether the duty rate of the processed goods at the time of release for free circulation must be applied in certain cases even though the tariff classification, customs value, and origin of the imported goods are the basis for the duty calculation.
Prof Dr Sandra Rinnert
Classification under a tariff subheading is not an end in itself but serves to determine which measures, tariff or other, should be applied to the goods concerned. However, in case of inward processing in the EU, the question has been raised, whether the duty rate of the processed goods at the time of release for free circulation must be applied in certain cases even though the tariff classification, customs value, and origin of the imported goods are the basis for the duty calculation.
Prof Dr Sandra Rinnert
Reader's question: Goods FOB Singapore are shipped to Tallinn. Rotterdam is the port of transshipment (containers are only moved from one vessel to another). What transportation costs - Singapore-Rotterdam … (€ 2,000) or Singapore-Tallinn (€ 3,000) - should be included into the dutiable value of goods upon their importation in Estonia?
Enrika Naujokė
Reader's question: Goods FOB Singapore are shipped to Tallinn. Rotterdam is the port of transshipment (containers are only moved from one vessel to another). What transportation costs - Singapore-Rotterdam (€ 2,000) or Singapore-Tallinn (€ 3,000) - should be included into the dutiable value of goods upon their importation in Estonia?
Enrika Naujokė
In mid-December 2022, negotiators of the Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement of a provisional and conditional nature on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The … agreement needs to be confirmed by ambassadors of the EU member states, and by the European Parliament, and adopted by both institutions before it is final. However, according to the agreed timetable, the transition period for its implementation is set to come into force in October 2023. What should companies do?
Dr David Savage
In mid-December 2022, negotiators of the Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement of a provisional and conditional nature on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The agreement needs to be confirmed by ambassadors of the EU member states, and by the European Parliament, and adopted by both institutions before it is final. However, according to the agreed timetable, the transition period for its implementation is set to come into force in October 2023. What should companies do?
Dr David Savage
There are various methods how you can pay import duties and taxes. One of them – paying through the agent clearing house bank account. What happens if the agent declares insolvency after receipt … of payment – will the importer be required to pay to the State or not? Should the activity of an agent be strictly regulated to prevent situations like this?
Omer Wagner
There are various methods how you can pay import duties and taxes. One of them – paying through the agent clearing house bank account. What happens if the agent declares insolvency after receipt of payment – will the importer be required to pay to the State or not? Should the activity of an agent be strictly regulated to prevent situations like this?
Omer Wagner
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