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Brexit: Unprecedented trade agreement and restoration of customs formalities at the EU-UK border on 1 January 2021 December 29, 2020

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. November 26, 2020

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 November 26, 2020

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 November 9, 2020

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 November 4, 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 October 23, 2020

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 October 21, 2020

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 September 29, 2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ“), in a judgment of 10 September 2020 (BMW Bayerische Motorenwerke AG,... Read more

Exporter status: Mandatory establishment in the EU – Entry into force in France from October 1st, 2020 September 9, 2020

In Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1063, the European Commission amended and corrected the customs definition of exporter set in Under... Read more

Customs valuation: The CJEU recalls that the reintegration of royalties and license fees paid by a subsidiary to its parent company cannot be automatic July 29, 2020

Referred for a preliminary ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union interpreted, in a judgment of 9 July... Read more