EU customs law update: June 2025

A monthly round-up webinar for customs and trade compliance professionals, covering the EU legal and regulatory developments of June 2025, presented by Enrika Naujokė, Director of CustomsClear.

Topics covered:

• The EU customs reform (Union Customs Code): AEO status retained by the Council, plus the proposed shift from "declarant" to "importer" and its impact on carriers, warehouse-keepers and indirect representatives
• The planned EU Customs Data Hub, including the e-commerce data hub and data-correction gaps
• The 18th EU sanctions package against Russia and Belarus, and the June updates to sanctioned-persons lists
• US tariff developments, including doubled steel and aluminium tariffs, and the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal
• New EU IT systems: an import surveillance tool and a centralized system for cultural-goods import certification
• Classification updates, including a WCO project to modernise the Harmonized System, and recent CJEU rulings and Combined Nomenclature changes
• Simplification of CBAM and EUDR obligations, including the CBAM 50-tonne exemption threshold
• Tariff developments: autonomous tariff suspensions, anti-dumping/anti-subsidy duties, tariff quotas, and a CJEU ruling on VAT exemption for non-commercial consignments

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

Please note that this summary was generated using AI, based on the recording and available slides.