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The state (Republic of Lithuania) has delegated to the Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Crafts the task of issuing certificates of non-preferential origin for goods exported to third countries. … Every year, the Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts issues about 7,000 certificates to exporters. Most of them are issued for transportation of goods to Uzbekistan, Belarus, China, Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, India.

Known as the "smart border”, this technological solution aims at maintaining the fluidity of the flows of goods despite the re-establishment of customs formalities at the border. It will be applied, … as from the end of the transition period, at all entry/ exit points in the Calais area and more generally in the Channel - North Sea space.

The WCO Secretariat has published an update of the Comparative Study on certification of origin, the previous version of which was issued in 2014, in order to take into consideration new trends … both on non-preferential and preferential origin.

Compliance is a legal requirement — it is not something that a company can choose to ignore. It is for this reason that organisations are turning to automation and other technological solutions. … Technology frees compliance personnel to work on value-added tasks and long term strategic goals. It never replaces the necessity for compliance professionals. Here are four areas where technology can help an organisation ensure ongoing compliance with customs regulations.

Anna Gayk is Managing Partner of the Mendel company. The company, originally engaged in the production of printed matter and as publishers of foreign trade publications, has evolved to a leading … information service and data content provider in the field of global trade measures over the last two decades. The company is specialised in research, provision and updating of foreign trade information and data with a focus on tariff and non-tariff measures of virtually all countries in the world. In the interview, we talk about digitalisation, quality of data, research, what works well internationally in customs and what could be improved, and about other topics.

While the digital transition of communication between individuals and customs is increasingly taking place, as well as the need to reduce or even eliminate the transmission of paper documents … arises, from 15-09-2020 amendments of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013, providing for a different procedure for applications for customs supervision measures, entered into force. The biggest change is related to the form of submission of documents. From now on, applicants' national or European Union applications for customs supervision measures, as well as other necessary documentation, is submitted to the responsible customs office via the European Union Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as EUIPO) IP Enforcement Portal. What else has changed and what action should Rightsholders and other applicants have to take?

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.

The Indian Central Board of Indirect taxes & Customs (CBIC) has introduced new regulations under section 156 read with section 28DA of Customs Act, 1962 related to Rules of Origin under Trade … agreements. These rules may be called “CAROTAR 2020” (Customs Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements). The CAROTAR 2020 shall come into force on 21 September 2020, thereby deemed to provide sufficient time for transition and to ensure that the prescribed/ required conditions be complied with.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam will enter into force on 1 August 2020. In the article, we overview the benefits for trade it … will bring, the proof of origin requirements, transitional provisions, and the application of the FTA and the Generalised System of Preferences.

Reader's question: „Is there a database in the EU where we could verify the approved exporter's number, whether it is valid? If not, what would you advise how to verify it?“. We answer the question … and also point out the liability of the importer and of the customs broker, and provide an overview of EU databases for verification of some other customs-related registration numbers.

Border agencies face many challenges and are today operating in an era of unprecedented change. An increasingly volatile global travel and trade environment combined with new security and public … health threats, make for a challenging and evolving operating environment that requires close observation, and coordinated and far-reaching responses.

Taking a look back over the last couple of years – more precisely 15, when the WTO’s Doha Round was expected to end in 2005 – economic operators were facing the results of a multilateral approach … to facilitate global trade which clearly lagged behind its actual intentions. As regards preferential trade, the major challenge for economic operators in these times seemed to have been the confrontation with the strengthening of individual national proceedings resulting in more and more bilateral and partially plurilateral trade agreements. The spaghetti bowl was no longer a valued Italian ‘secondo piatto’ but a feared opaque and impenetrable mass of regulations of many different free trade agreements. As we know, this situation has not changed much since then – so companies simply got used to the fact that the exploitation of potential preferential benefits is bound to the prior analysis of the (preferential) trade relations of their destination market countries – bilaterally but also among each other. They cannot count on the advantages of a multilateral agreement with lowered or abolished tariff rates and harmonised rules.

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