import – Customs Easy

April 4, 2023

Customs procedure 42

In the last days we have heard about the fraud using customs procedure 42 that has been dismantled in Belgium. But what is the customs procedure 42? Is it legal […]

March 15, 2023

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

The European Commission defines the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as a climate measure that has the objective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the EU on […]

September 16, 2022

HS code version and list rules in the origin of goods

Classification of goods is not only important to determine the customs duty rate, but also to issue a certificate of origin. Rules of origin always contain a list of working […]

June 8, 2022

Do you customs clear your goods in Italy? This is important for you

The Italian customs administration has updated the national system of import by applying the data model defined at the Union level and named EUCDM (European Union Customs Data Model), starting […]

April 7, 2022

Non-preferential origin: 2022 Harmonised System

Non-preferential rules of origin are used to determine the country of origin of goods for the application of the most-favoured nation treatment, for commercial policy measures, trade embargoes, safeguard measures, […]

November 16, 2021

Les entreprises et les procédures douanières

Un outil pratique et indispensable pour vous aider dans l’application des droits de douane et des autres mesures liées au commerce international Le départ du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne en […]

April 28, 2021

Customs representation: direct or indirect?

The Union Customs Code (UCC) provides that any person may appoint a customs representative. ‘Customs representation’ is defined in the UCC as ‘any person appointed by another person to carry […]

April 7, 2021

Customs controls in the EU

The European Court of Auditors published a Special Report on Customs controls. The European Court of Auditor is saying that uniform application of customs controls by Member States is necessary […]

March 30, 2021

Brexit: returned goods case

Under the EU-UK TCA, when you export your EU preferential origin goods to UK you cannot reimport them and benefit from the tariff preference treatment in the EU. This is valid for the majority of the EU FTAs.

March 1, 2021

The importance of customs for your company

The role of customs in international trade is often underestimated by economic operators.