EU customs law update: May 2025

This monthly EU customs and trade law update from CustomsClear brings customs and trade compliance professionals up to speed on the key EU developments from May 2025.

Topics covered:

• DG TAXUD and DG TRADE roles, and the EU's broader policy direction (security, innovation, enlargement, democracy)
• AI pilots in customs (rail-cargo inspection) and integration of national systems with the EU certificate exchange system
• Trade facilitation: ATA/CPD Carnet digitalisation, the EU-UK Summit, EU-UAE and EU-Singapore trade talks, Northern Ireland parcel simplification, and the new consolidated list of classification regulations aligned to Combined Nomenclature 2025
• Customs valuation: a significant CJEU ruling on the fallback method versus the first transaction value method
• Tariff measures: US tariff developments, anti-dumping and countervailing duties, and import registration rules
• EU sanctions updates: the 17th (and forthcoming 18th) Russia sanctions package, shadow-fleet vessel listings, Syria sanctions, and the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
• CBAM simplification developments, including the Council's negotiating position and a WTO dispute initiated by Russia
• E-commerce VAT (IOSS) and sanitary/phytosanitary control updates

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.