EU customs law update: July and August 2025

Enrika Naujokė, Co-Founder and Director of CustomsClear, presents her regular round-up of EU customs and trade law developments from July, August and the first week of September 2025 — essential viewing for customs and trade compliance professionals who need a fast, structured overview of what changed.

Topics covered

• Artificial intelligence in customs and trade: the US AI Action Plan, the EU AI Continent Action Plan, the EU AI Act, the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, the JUPITER exascale supercomputer, and open questions on the EU Customs Data Hub and the future of customs certification
• EU IT systems: ICS2 Release 3 go-live and postponement requests, the maritime single window, T2L proof-of-Union-status documents, the new Single Window Environment for Customs, and EU–Turkey electronic ATR certificates
• Trade agreements and cooperation: EU–Moldova, Mercosur and Mexico, Gulf Cooperation Council partnership talks, the EU–Colombia/Peru/Ecuador agreement's move to HS 2022, and the EU–Canada AEO mutual recognition agreement
• International sanctions: the 18th EU sanctions package against Russia and Belarus, expanding goods and persons listings, third-country alignment, and the EU Sanctions Helpdesk workshop
• Classification: two new EU classification regulations
• Sustainability and CBAM: carbon-leakage mitigation plans, the consultation on extending CBAM to downstream products, and the shift from CBAM reporting to CBAM payments
• US/EU tariffs and non-preferential origin rules

For a broader overview of the topic, please watch the full recording. The slides are available in the Resources section.

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