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ES rengiant tolesnes sankcijas kaip atsaką į Rusijos paskelbtą karinio rezervo mobilizaciją karui Ukrainoje, temos svarba auga, juo labiau, kad griežtinama ir jau galiojančių sankcijų kontrolė. … Šia tema kalbėjo ir į „Muitinės praktikų asociacijos“ surengto vebinaro dalyvių klausimus atsakė gerb. Rolandas Jurgaitis, Muitinės departamento Muitinės procedūrų skyriaus vyresnysis patarėjas. Pateikiame pranešimo ir vebinaro dalyvių keltų klausimų apžvalgą bei susijusią informaciją.

As you know, the European Union has adopted several packages of restrictive measures against the Russian Federation in the wake of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and restrictive … measures against the Republic of Belarus in the light of the situation in Belarus. All these measures must be effectively implemented by the competent authorities and the EU economic operators. Let us discuss one of the measures - directly and indirectly sanctioned persons and how to identify them so that they do not appear among customers or suppliers.

Due to the war in Ukraine, the Kaliningrad Oblast is getting increased attention. We receive questions about the ‘Kaliningrad transit‘: whether there are any simplifications for the transportation … of goods from Russia to Kaliningrad and vice versa or exemptions from sanctions? The exemptions have been introduced in the fifth EU sanctions package against Russia. But let’s start with an overview of some historical events.

How to stop the war in Ukraine? Countries apply sanctions. Canada cut Russia and Belarus from the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff treatment. In just one day, the EU released nine decisions and regulations … concerning restrictive measures against Russia. Customs in Lithuania extended controls to check whether sanctioned banks were not used for payment. Many businesses, especially SMEs, for the first time, one way or another, have encountered the impact of sanctions. So what are sanctions? What are the related developments in general?

Vis daugiau verslų privalo gilintis į sankcijų Rusijai ir Baltarusijai temą. Rubrikoje "ES aktualijos: vasaris 2022" publikuota visa eilė per keletą dienų naujai priimtų Tarybos reglamentų ir … sprendimų. Kovą jų skaičius toliau augs. Teiraujamės Aistės Medelienės, APB "WALLESS" partnerės, advokatės: prieš pradedant gilintis į reglamentus, tiems, kam tai nauja sritis, į ką svarbu atkreipti dėmesį?

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.

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.

The article analyses new strategic document of the EU’s Commission (presented to the public in February, 2021, and currently discussed in other EU institutions) called “Trade Policy Review - … An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy”. This document (strategy) aims to establish a new consensus for trade policy in the EU and sets new core objectives for the regulation of trade and customs issues with specific third countries. Taking into account this aspect, this article summarizes and critically evaluates the provisions of the new strategy designed to regulate trade with the EU's main foreign trade partners (United States, China, Russia, India, other countries of the BRICS region) and describes the significance of the strategy for international trade business and its taxation.

At present, the Russian Federation is the third most important trading partner for the European Union (EU) in terms of international trade in goods and the EU is the most important trading partner … for the Russian Federation. In addition, starting from 2012, the Russian Federation is also a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), so its trade relations with the EU are also governed by the WTO law. Taking into account the fact that customs duties, especially trade defence duties, have a significant practical impact on the volume of international trade between the EU and the Russian Federation and on international trade business, this article discusses the legal issues of their application and possible solutions, based on the recent WTO trade dispute settlement practice.

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.