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This article talks about the meaning of “ex” before commodity codes listed under Annex I of the EU Deforestation Regulation. With confusion around the interpretation of these codes, it’s one … of the points that would need to be clarified before the Regulation can be implemented.

News in week 42: EU deforestation law's application has been postponed by 12 months; guidelines for exporters with regard to non-listed cyber-surveillance items; resolution on implementation … of the EU-Canada CETA; EU-Andean Countries: final step of the ratification process of the trade agreement; definitive anti-dumping duty on aluminium radiators; provisional anti-dumping duty on glass fibre yarns; investigation concerning circumvention of the anti-dumping on graphite electrode systems; impending expiry of anti-dumping on ferro-silicon; extended validity of restrictive measures against the proliferation of chemical weapons; amendments of the lists of sanctioned persons in view of actions destabilising Moldova, and in response to Iran’s missile transfer to Russia; NCTS-P5 - Irish Customs is extending the migration window up until the 31.12.2024; Council adopted a regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances; QR codes on products in the light of simplifying and modernising EU law; resolution on current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation.

In this article, the author outlines the content of his presentation and the subsequent questions and answers session during the meeting of the Council's Customs Union Working Group (CUG) on … 19 September 2024, in Brussels. The author was invited by the Hungarian Presidency as a customs law expert.

UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement. Suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel. Moving the “Rest of World” sheepmeat, poultry and beef to Northern Ireland. Important updates on the implementation … of the Windsor Framework, the TSS system and the 'Not for EU’ labelling for retail products across Great Britain. New TRA anti-dumping investigation on Chinese tin mill. New trade sanctions against Iran. Launch of the ‘Apply for a SIEL’ service (LITE) public beta.

‘Other legislation applied by the customs authorities’ means legislation other than customs legislation applicable to the goods entering, exiting, passing through the customs territory of the … Union, or to be placed in the Union market, in the implementation of which the customs authorities are involved.

Uniform customs laws apply in a customs territory and there are no internal customs duties or similar taxes. A customs territory comprises territories including their territorial waters, inland … waters and airspace.

Part of the EU’s trade rules enforcement arsenal, the Trade Barriers Regulation is a legal instrument that gives EU companies, industries, associations and Member States the right to lodge a … complaint with the Commission about trade barriers in third countries.

Transit manual, prepared by the European Commission, is a detailed description of the common and the Union transit procedures. It explains how these transit procedures work and the roles of the … various participants.