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ES valdyme išskiriamos vadinamosios „formalioji teisė“ ir „neformalioji teisė“. Pastaroji taip pat žinoma kaip „minkštosios teisės“ priemonė. Formaliąją teisę sudaro reglamentai, direktyvos ir … sprendimai, tuo tarpu rekomendacijos ir nuomonės, taip pat ir kiti politikos formavimo metodai, pavyzdžiui, politikos, gairės, laikomi „minkštąja teise“. Praktiniai neformaliosios teisės pavyzdžiai muitinės srityje yra Prekių muitinio įvertinimo gairės, Muitinio įvertinimo kompendiumas, Tranzito vadovas. Kokia šių dokumentų reikšmė praktikoje?

Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teisme (ESTT) – dar vienas sprendimas, susijęs su muitine verte ir sandorio kainos tikslinimo elementais. Šį kartą teismas analizavo kompensacijos, mokamos už išimtinę … teisę platinti prekes nustatytoje teritorijoje, teisinę reikšmę. Remdamasis nacionalinio teismo pateiktu situacijos vertinimu, ESTT pripažino, kad kompensacija buvo būtinoji prekių pardavimo sąlyga, todėl turi būti traukiama į muitinę vertę. Tuo tarpu tai, kad kompensacija buvo nustatyta atskira (ne pirkimo-pardavimo) sutartimi ir galiojo tik ribotą 4 metų laikotarpį tokios išvados nekeičia. Tai dar vienas signalas importuotojams atidžiai peržiūrėti ir kompleksiškai įvertinti visus tarpusavio mokėjimus su pardavėju ir jų galimą įtaką muitinei vertei.

Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismo sprendimu atsakyta į klausimą, ar prekės, pagamintos dalinai iš tabako ir kitos medžiagos, turi būti apmokestinamas tabakui taikomu akcizu pilna apimtimi ar … tik dalimi, tenkančia tabako grynajai sudėčiai.

Both in the practice of tax disputes and during tax inspections or investigations carried out by the customs authorities, the following question arises quite often: which particular person the … customs authorities are entitled to qualify as the debtor and, accordingly, to calculate (to that or another particular person) the additional import taxes. In this article, we will review the provisions of the EU Union Customs Code (UCC) and the relevant case-law of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), which helps to answer these questions and allows businesses to defend their rights and legitimate interests in disputed situations.

Europos Sąjungos teisingumo teismas (ESTT) toliau laikosi pozicijos, kad programinės įrangos vertė turi būti pridėta prie importuojamų prekių muitinės vertės, nepaisant to, kad ji buvo sukurta … Europos Sąjungoje (ES) ir nemokamai perduota trečiojoje šalyje įsikūrusiam gamintojui. Tai priminimas importuotojams, kad netgi ES sukurta programinė įranga gali tapti muitinės teisės reguliavimo objektu, tad būtina kiekvieną kartą situaciją įvertinti kompleksiškai.

It has now been established by the supreme judicial authority, that it is possible to amend the customs declaration subsequently, even with regard to the information relating to the identity … of the declarant. However, with some limitations, which we point out in the overview of the recent judgement of the European Court of Justice.

Съгласно постоянната практика на СЕС правото на Съюза относно митническото остойностяване цели да установи справедлива, еднообразна и обективна система, която изключва използването на субективно … определени или фиктивни митнически стойности. Затова митническата стойност трябва да отразява реалната икономическа стойност на внесената стока и да отчита всички елементи на тази стока, които имат икономическа стойност. В тази статия ще разгледаме как българските съдилища прилагат разпоредбите, свързани с митническата оценка, по-конкретно, към включването на роялти в митническата стойност на стоките.

National courts often make use of the possibility to seek a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia recently raised … a very technical question, which, however, concerns the general interpretation of a provision of the Combined Nomenclature of the EU regarding classification of the copper alloy ingots. The article overviews the case and its importance for the uniform tariff classification of goods in the EU Member States.

In this article, by evaluating the latest case law of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (Order of 27 May 2020 in Administrative Case No. eA-2474-968 / 2020, etc.), we will review … how the provisions of WTO law in national courts have been (and are) applied in the Republic of Lithuania in tax disputes with customs authorities and what are the possibilities for relying directly on them to defend the rights and legitimate interests of the taxpayers.

The article seeks to identify legal issues related to the implementation of economic activities in maritime areas by analyzing the customs law of the European Union (EU) and its regulations (Union … Customs Code (UCC) and the regulations related to its implementation) defining the boundaries of the EU customs territory, determining the customs origin of goods and describing the order of the customs procedures. The author also presents suggestions on how the identified legal issues should be addressed by amending EU customs legislation and what are the tax risks associated with them.

What happens if the goods placed under customs supervision are stolen? Is that circumstance to be regarded as relieving the person in charge of the goods from related tax obligations arising … from the release for free circulation? May the national legislation of an EU Member State impose a pecuniary penalty, which equals to the amount of import duties or some other amount? Or may be both imposed – the payment of duties and the pecuniary penalty?

The antidumping duties, which are often imposed to protect internal market from unfair competition of foreign goods, can reach up to 100 percent of the customs value of the goods or even more … when the average rate of conventional customs duties does not exceed as much as 5 per cent. For this and other reasons, the question of the possibilities of protection of the business entities, exporter‘s and importer‘s rights as well as legitimate interests in cases of application of such duties becomes critical and the possibilities of challenging them remain very important and will be discussed in this article, by analyzing judicial practice in the tax disputes in the EU courts, and, in particular, national courts in the EU Member States, namely, the Republic of Lithuania.

From a tariff classification point of view, the scope of the term ‘medical products’ has been and continues to be controversial in some instances. For businesses, classification of goods that … may or may not have medical application outside of Harmonised System Chapter 30 can result in their goods attracting a significant customs duty rate. This article summarises the case where heat patches, designed to treat muscle injuries and soreness, were originally classified by Commission Implementing Regulation 2016/1140 under heading 3824, but following an appeal to the ECJ, these items were found to be a products of heading 3005.

The article seeks to answer the question what are the specific practical regulatory problems currently facing the international trade operators engaged in international trade business between … the EU Member States and the Republic of India and how they can be reflected/solved in the possible free trade agreement between them. Problematic areas of the application of customs duties are being identified on the basis of a case study of tax disputes regarding imports of goods from India on EU level (in the Court of Justice of the EU and national level of the EU Member States (using the Republic of Lithuania as the main example)).

The alcoholic drinks sector has seen much product innovation in recent years. Some of this product innovation has been to tariff engineer products that can avail of the lower excise rates associated … with fermented beverages relative to spirituous beverages. Following a series of landmark court cases, there is now extensive case law in place giving instruction as to how to classify these products.

The article analyses judicial cases of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), which were initiated by the national courts in the Baltic States and were related to the tariff classification of … goods. The author presents both general issues of the proper application of the Combined Nomenclature of the EU in the Baltic States (application of general rules for the interpretation of Combined Nomenclature) as well as the relationship between the Combined Nomenclature and other legal sources, which also regulates tariff classification of goods. Finally, the article also addresses some specific questions of tariff classification which arose in the Baltic States, such as classification of heterogenous (complex) products under the practice of the CJEU.

Ginčai dėl Privalomosios tarifinės informacijos (PTI) - neretas atvejis teismuose. Š. m. gegužę Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismas (ESTT) priėmė du sprendimus ginčuose, kilusiuose dėl PTI, kai … išsiskyrė verslo ir muitinės nuomonė dėl prekės tarifinio klasifikavimo. ESTT išaiškinimai vienu atveju pagrindė muitinės poziciją, kitu – verslo.