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News in week 22: Updated UCC guidance documents on customs debt; restrictive measures in view of the situation in Russia on equipment which might be used for internal repression; higher tariffs … on Russian and Belarusian grain products; the list of sanctioned persons has been expanded to include more persons supporting Russia's war in Ukraine; additional trade preferences for Ukrainian products; guidance document on CBAM implementation for importers of goods into the EU; EU and Australia agreement on sustainable critical and strategic minerals; Council gives its final approval to the ecodesign regulation; EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement - final step towards implementation; additional trade preferences for products from Moldova; imposition of an anti-dumping duty on tubes and pipes from China; correction of the regulation imposing an anti-dumping duty on fasteners from China; revision of the expiry date of the anti-dumping measures on aluminium foil from China; EU requests WTO consultation on Colombia’s compliance in frozen fries dispute; European Economic Area Agreement - the 30th anniversary of its entry into force; and more news!

News in week 13: Classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature - products made of combinations of paper materials, a van-type vehicle, a part of a pillow, footwear having an upper made … of 100 % wool, and a smart watch; extension of the Union’s tariff quotas for jute and coconut-fibre products; anti-subsidy investigation - mobile access equipment designed for the lifting of persons, originating in China; Transitional CBAM Registry user manual for Declarants, CBAM Quarterly Report structure and sample files; CHED - amended requirements to deduct quantities stated in the customs declaration; amendments of a regulation concerning import of ovine and caprine animals and products derived from these species.

News in week 8: News at a glance: UCC delegated and implementing acts - amended provisions on customs status, Union transit, etc.; EU adopted 13th package of sanctions against Russia; FAQs 'No … re-export to Russia' clause; updated 'List of common high priority items' (items used in Russian military systems); updated guidance on implementing due diligence to shield against Russia sanctions circumvention; ozone-depleting substances - new rules for import, export, etc.; HFC phase-down - new provisions; PEM Convention - amendments, updated tables specifying cumulation possibilities; 13th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference - European Council conclusions; and more news!

News in week 4. WCO dedicates 2024 to 'Customs Engaging Traditional and New Partners with Purpose'; EU's white paper on export controls and new guidelines on data gathering and processing; uniform … regional restrictive measures implementation in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia; preparation for linking the excise system EMCS to export system AES; FAQs about CBAM; updates to the tariff measures for poultrymeat, open mesh fabrics of glass fibres and mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate; extension of protective (SPS) measures for bivalve molluscs from Türkiye.