EU customs and trade news: December 2025

News in week 52: CBAM goes live on 1 January 2026 - a quick guide for importers; CBAM-related regulations setting rules as regards the calculation and publication of the price of CBAM certificates, rules as regards the methods for the calculation of emissions embedded in goods, rules for customs information and reporting under the CBAM, principles for verification of declared embedded emissions, amending provisions as regards CBAM registry and the status of authorised CBAM declarant, etc.; regulation on simplification and streamlining of EUDR obligations; temporary derogation for ICS2 Release 3 for some countries; amendment of autonomous tariff quotas; Moldova and Montenegro accede to the Convention on a common transit procedure as from 1 November 2025; and further updates.
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