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.

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.

Continuing the topic of Inward Processing launched in August article under the heading “Processing Procedures: Examination of Economic Conditions”, I would like to draw attention to a several … changes brought about by the new Union Customs Code and, possibly, opportunities less frequently applied by economic operators: release for free circulation with lower customs duty rate (applicable to the processed product), the use of Union goods (equivalent goods), movement of goods without customs formalities (transfer), generalization.