COVID-19 Reminder: Import duties relief on certain pharmaceutical products
The global health crisis related to COVID-19 is undoubtedly having a strong impact. To facilitate the import of pharmaceutical products,... Read more
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Dispute between the European Union and the United States over Airbus and Boeing suspension of retaliatory tariffs
A press release dated 5 March 2021 officially announced the suspension, at least temporary, of retaliatory tariffs on exports imposed... Read more
Brexit: Unprecedented trade agreement and restoration of customs formalities at the EU-UK border on 1 January 2021
While the transition period, following the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU last February, will end on 31 December 2020,... Read more
Modernization of the European dual-use export control regime : A tripartite agreement is reached between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament.
Regulation n°428/2009 of May 5, 2009 amended by Regulation n°388/2012 of April 19, 2012, organizes the conditions for the export... Read more
The CJEU requalifies royalties paid in consideration of exclusive distribution rights to avoid debate on the relation with the goods’ condition
The Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter “CJEU”), in a judgment dated November 19, 2020 (case C 775/19,... Read more
Brexit: practical consequences for operators with regards the exit of the United Kingdom from the internal market and the EU Customs Union on 1st January 2021
The United Kingdom (hereinafter “the UK”) left the European Union (hereinafter “the EU”) on 31 January 2020. The withdrawal agreement... Read more
Review of the Chinese Export Control Legislation: The new regime will enter into force on December 1st, 2020
Willing to implement a more effective export control legislative framework, China engaged over the last few years a deep review... Read more
EU Commission Guidelines on Customs valuation
Removal of reference to domestic sale, role of the purchase order, sales under customs warehouses and treatment of royalties/licence fees ... Read more
Modernization of the Chinese Export Control Legal Regime
The new law was adopted on October 17th, 2020, and will enter into force on December 1st, 2020 The Standing... Read more
The European Court of Justice confirms the possibility of including in the customs value of a product the cost of an intangible good designed in the EU and made available free of charge to the third party seller by the purchaser
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ“), in a judgment of 10 September 2020 (BMW Bayerische Motorenwerke AG,... Read more