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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2319, published 20 October 2026, amended the ceramic tiles anti-dumping regulation (EU) 2023/265 to replace Varmora Granito Private Limited with Varmora Granito Limited in Annex I. TARIC additional code A013 and the 7.3% rate for cooperating, non-sampled companies apply to the renamed company as of 14...
Commission maintained the 15.8% definitive anti-dumping duty on certain heavyweight thermal paper (more than 65 g/m2, jumbo rolls) originating in the Republic of Korea after an Article 11(2) expiry review, by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2311 published 20 October 2026. TARIC codes 4809 90 00 20, 4811 59 00 20 and...
DG GROW published results of the 2025 Joint Actions on Compliance of Products campaign on thermal insulation, 19 October 2026. 106 samples of 6 materials bought in 14 countries: 31 of 97 (32%) failed thermal resistance, 11 of 81 (14%) did not meet their declared reaction-to-fire class, and 68 (64%)...
General Court annulled on 2 September 2026 (Case T-799/25, published 19 October 2026) the September 2025 and March 2026 Council acts in so far as they kept Galina Evgenyevna Pumpyanskaya on the Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 asset-freeze list. The ground at issue was 'benefitting from a leading businessperson operating in...
Council notified Sergei Vladilenovich KIRIYENKO on 19 October 2026 that it envisages listing him in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2024/2643 and Regulation (EU) 2024/2642, the regime on Russia's destabilising activities, on the basis of new evidence and a new statement of reasons. He is already listed under the chemical...
Czech Supreme Administrative Court (Nejvyšší správní soud) referred Case C-838/26 Sconto to the CJEU, lodged 27 July 2026, in a dispute between importer SCONTO, s. r. o. and the Czech General Directorate of Customs (Generální ředitelství cel). The questions test whether OLAF had a legal basis for its 2013 and...
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2026/2325 replaced the Annex to Directive 2009/43/EC on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products with the Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 23 February 2026. Member States must adopt and publish transposing measures by 31 January 2027 and apply them from...
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2328 suspended entry into the EU of poultry, germinal products of poultry, and fresh meat of poultry and game birds from five new highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) zones: three in Canada (Alberta, Manitoba) and two in Minnesota, United States. Also corrected the reauthorisation date for...
DG TAXUD posted working document TAXUD.B1.001/WD/2024/03, NCTS 5 – Additional information for traders, on its NCTS page with a file dated 16 October 2026. The document number dates from 2024 and no earlier version was on file to compare, so no change is claimed. It sets out how transit declarations...
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2299, published 16 October 2026, moves the difenoconazole MRLs from Annex III into Annex II to Reg. 396/2005 following EFSA's Article 12 review, and applies from 5 May 2027. Limits are lowered for potatoes and sweet potatoes (0.07 mg/kg), aubergines (0.5), chards (3), cardoons and celeries (5),...
Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/2289, published 16 October 2026, set new maximum residue levels in Annex II to Reg. 396/2005 for acequinocyl, deltamethrin, dodine, maleic hydrazide, pinoxaden and prothioconazole, at the levels recommended by EFSA following applications. Main limits: acequinocyl 2 mg/kg in blueberries, cranberries, currants and gooseberries; deltamethrin 0.15 mg/kg...
The Commission opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of furfuryl alcohol originating in China (Notice of initiation C/2026/5408). The complaint was lodged on 2 September 2026 by TransFurans Chemicals BV and International Furan Chemicals BV on behalf of the Union industry, under Article 5 of the basic anti-dumping Regulation (EU)...
The Commission amended its definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain ferro-alloying elements (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2270, amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351) to correct and increase Malaysia's in-quota tariff-rate-quota (TRQ) volume. A Malaysian company showed the 2022 import data used to set the quota was understated: nearly 40,700 tonnes of...
The Council adopted additional restrictive measures on 15 October 2026 against three individuals and nine entities involved in importing sanctioned goods into Russia and in circumventing EU sanctions related to oil and financial transactions. The listings target parallel-import and sanctions-circumvention networks: they include MOVERS GROUP LLC, a Russia-based cargo-delivery company...
The EU-Türkiye Customs Cooperation Committee adopted Decision No 1/2026 (16 July 2026, published 13 October 2026) providing for mutual recognition of the European Union's authorised economic operator (AEO) programme and Türkiye's national AEO programme. Both programmes are built on the WCO SAFE Framework of security standards, and mutual recognition lets...
The Council renewed the EU's chemical-weapons restrictive-measures framework (Decision (CFSP) 2018/1544 / Regulation (EU) 2018/1542) by Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/2286 of 12 October 2026 (published 13 October 2026). The framework, which applied until 16 October 2026, is extended until 30 October 2031, and the existing individual and entity listings are...