The European Union is readying to offer more flexible rules of origin to Palestinian exports.
Customs, RoOs
MEPs vote CJEU statute reform: customs cases transferred within Luxembourg court
The European Parliament has voted by a large majority of 600 in favour of a reform of the statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union that could have long-term implications on the way some issues related to international trade policy are adjudicated.
European Parliament gets down to work on new EU customs rules
The European Parliament is preparing to make its mark on the coming new European Union overhaul of its common customs code as its internal market committee and international trade committee prepare their report and opinion respectively on the project.
EU announces sweeping overhaul of customs management system
“This is the most ambitious and comprehensive reform that we proposed since the customs union was introduced in 1968,” said the European Commission’s Paolo Gentiloni on presenting new rules it is tabling to streamline EU customs to the press in Brussels.
European Commission mulls common customs ‘data space’
The European Commission is preparing a new package of measures and regulations to help harmonise customs procedures across the European Union’s 27 member states.
Week in Brussels: WCO reform, TDI, Moroccan tomatoes, Good Administration
It’s been the kind of week that is sprinkled with a slew of ‘little’ news but little that is earth-shattering. Some news were rather big such as the launch of investment promotion agreement negotiations with Angola, the announcement that the EU and Kenya will apply their EPA bilaterally or the …
New Paneuromed rules of origin to start applying without Morocco and Tunisia
Simplifying rules of origin for the hub-and-spoke preferential trade arrangements in the European Union’s neighbourhood is anything but a simple exercise. The renegotiation of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin – the PEM convention – has been going on for a decade. It aims at introducing a …
Brexit: BusinessEurope calls on EU to up ante on customs and compliance
The biggest EU business association is calling on the European Commission, member states and the United Kingdom to up the ante in customs and trade compliance matters as the date of Britain’s exit from the bloc approaches rapidly and no tangible signs of an exit or free trade deal are …
A week in Brussels: Western Sahara fish, agriculture promotion, blockchain
This week was relatively calm in the Brussels policy world. The entire European Commission team flew to Sofia feting Bulgaria as it took over the EU presidency for the next six months, lavishing praise and money on the bloc’s poorest country. Technocrat trade negotiators are far away in Mexico trying to hammer …
Commission seeks to streamline EU customs union to respond to new security challenges
The Commission is moving to modernise the EU’s fifty-year old customs union. The aim is to continue streamlining and harmonizing customs processes across member states, without initiating new legislation. In a new Communication released today (21 December 2016), the services of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici write: “in an era where …
