September 17, 2026
The European Parliament has adopted a reform of the EU Customs Code, introducing stricter rules for e-commerce imports and modernising customs procedures across the European Union. The reform is designed […]
September 17, 2026
The European Commission has adopted a new Delegated Regulation updating the EU list of controlled dual-use items under Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2021/821. The update aims to strengthen EU-level […]
August 18, 2026
The European Union has confirmed that, since 1 July 2026, goods originating in the United States may benefit from reduced or eliminated customs duties under the framework of the Turnberry […]
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 […]
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 […]
May 11, 2022
Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 7.5% in April 2022 according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. For companies this could be a disaster. Difficult to increase […]
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, […]
January 10, 2022
There is no national or European provision requiring the affixing of an origin marking on products imported or marketed in the EU, such as “Made in EU” or “Made in […]