May 4, 2026
As of 1 July 2026, the European Union will introduce a €3 customs duty per item on e‑commerce parcels with a value below €150. This customs duty applies exclusively to […]
April 30, 2026
On 1 May 2026, the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) will enter into provisional application. What are the Mercosur countries? Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Can preferential treatment be claimed […]
January 13, 2025
On 1 February 2025 will enter into force the EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement. It will replace the previous EU-Chile Association Agreement. The main change concerns the elimination of the EUR.1 […]
March 11, 2024
The new Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean (‘new PEM Convention’) preferential rules of origin will enter into force as of 1 January 2025. However, some contracting parties of the PEM Convention […]
June 20, 2023
The proposal of the European Commission about the EU Customs Reform (COM(2023) 258 final) will have a big impact on e-commerce transactions of imported goods. The reform will make online […]
April 4, 2023
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
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
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
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 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, […]