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Intersection of sustainability and EU customs compliance
Customs compliance in the EU is becoming intertwined with sustainability and supply-chain due diligence. Beyond collecting duties and controlling goods, customs authorities help enforce a growing set of other rules - the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) with the Digital Product Passport (DPP),...
EU customs and trade news: November 2026
From 6 November, binding tariff information (BTI) decisions that conflict with new WCO classification measures must be revoked. New trade defence cases cover PET, polyamide-6 and polyether polyols. Each of this week’s 17 updates says what it means for you. Key changes of 1-8 November BTI decisions: from 6 November,...
Expert articles now answer your questions: meet the Article assistant
Expert articles on CustomsClear now have an assistant next to them. Open an article, type a question in your own words, and the assistant answers from the article and from the sources its authors selected: the regulation, the judgments, the guidance. Each point names its source, and one click opens...
Black Friday 2026: special offers for new community members
Customs work rarely involves just one source or one question. A classification decision may require checking BTIs and legal notes. A tariff question may involve duties, restrictions, and additional requirements. Sanctions screening can require checking several jurisdictions. Additionally, new EU customs and trade developments continue to affect day-to-day decisions. CustomsClear...
PPWR compliance starts in purchasing, not at the border
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Regulation (EU) 2025/40, applies from 12 August 2026 and reaches every step of the packaging supply chain, from the overseas maker of a packaging component to the brand owner who has boxes made under its own name. The speaker’s estimate is that about...
One-person customs department: when tools make fewer mistakes than people
Meet customs experts from around the world! Authors who contribute content to the CustomsClear platform meet in bi-monthly Authors' Meetings to exchange views on a specific topic. CustomsClear members are also warmly invited to attend and join the discussion. During the meetings, participants are invited to give 5-minute presentations on...
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EU law update & Trust and check - optional or inevitable?
Every day, EU customs and trade law changes - quietly, constantly, and with real consequences for your business. Some changes take effect immediately. Others signal something bigger on the horizon. Miss them, and you risk non-compliance. Catch them in time, and you stay ahead of the curve. That’s exactly why...
AEO or Trust and Check? Customs simplifications under the new UCC
For many traders, customs simplifications are a tangible benefit of authorised economic operator (AEO) status. Under the new Union Customs Code, Regulation (EU) 2026/2108, they end with the customs declaration itself. For distance sales, this happens on 30 June 2028, and for all traders by 1 March 2034. This recording...
Your BTI may expire on 31 December: CN 2027 and other EU changes
From 1 January 2027, 17 Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes disappear. If you hold a binding tariff information (BTI) decision for one of them, it ceases to be valid on 31 December 2026. Since 1 November 2026, every distance sale pays a Union handling fee of EUR 2 per item, and...
After the fridge hacks: what changes for importers and brokers
Hackers have tampered with blood storage refrigeration at three sites of France’s national blood service. Since October, attackers have taken over supermarket refrigeration in several European countries, spoiling stock. A connected product can now put public health at risk, not only a business. Under EU law, product cybersecurity is becoming...
EU customs and trade news: November 2026
From 6 November, binding tariff information (BTI) decisions that conflict with new WCO classification measures must be revoked. New trade defence cases cover PET, polyamide-6 and polyether polyols. Each of this week’s 17 updates says what it means for you. Key changes of 1-8 November BTI decisions: from 6 November,...
CN 2027: 35 new codes, from used beverage cans to rare earth magnets
From 1 January 2027, used aluminium beverage cans have their own code in the Combined Nomenclature (CN). So do used aluminium wheels, hard disk drives as electrical waste and scrap, and the tubular steel monopile foundations that carry wind turbines. Aluminium waste and scrap goes from three codes to seven,...
One-person customs department: when tools make fewer mistakes than people
Meet customs experts from around the world! Authors who contribute content to the CustomsClear platform meet in bi-monthly Authors' Meetings to exchange views on a specific topic. CustomsClear members are also warmly invited to attend and join the discussion. During the meetings, participants are invited to give 5-minute presentations on...
EU customs and trade news: October 2026
News in brief: CN 2027 published, with 35 new codes from 1 January 2027; AEO guarantee reduction extended to distance sales, and new codes for the handling fee from 1 November 2026; VAT on the EUR 3 duty and the handling fee - Commission guidance revised; NCTS Phase 6 deployed,...
UK customs and trade news: October 2026
News in brief: HMRC publishes illustrative UK CBAM rates, draft default values and rates guidance ahead of the 1 January 2027 start; consultation opened on extending CBAM to refinery products; UK Vaping Products Duty and the Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme take effect from 1 October 2026, alongside higher tobacco duty...
UK CBAM emissions and verification regulations laid: what importers need to know
On 9 September 2026, the UK Government laid the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Emissions and Verification) Regulations 2026 (Statutory Instrument 2026/995) and updated its CBAM policy summary. Together they set out how importers must calculate, evidence and keep records of the carbon embodied in imported goods, less than four months...
Union handling fee: EUR 2 per item on e-commerce imports
On 8 October 2026 the Commission announced that its guidance on the EUR 3 customs duty now also covers the Union handling fee. The fee is EUR 2 per item and applies from 1 November 2026. This article answers three questions: does the fee apply to my declaration, what does...
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