Expert articles now answer your questions: meet the Article assistant

Expert articles on CustomsClear now have an assistant next to them. Open an article, type a question in your own words, and the assistant answers from the article and from the sources its authors selected: the regulation, the judgments, the guidance. Each point names its source, and one click opens the legal text. If the article and its sources do not cover your question, the assistant says so.

The one-minute video shows it on one article, 50% rule in sanctions screening and when a counterparty counts as listed, with two questions you can copy and try.

A first question, from someone new to the topic:

“My colleague says our customer is ‘caught by the 50% rule’. The customer itself is not on any sanctions list. What does that mean?”

A second, from a practitioner who knows the rule and needs the detail:

“A person listed under Regulation 269/2014 holds exactly 50% of our customer. The customer says it is independent and offers evidence. For the EU only: what can the customer rebut, what evidence counts, and which sources is this based on?”

What you get:

• Answers from an article by named customs experts and from the sources they chose for it, not from the open internet.
• The source of each point, so you can check it before you act.
• A clear “not covered here” instead of a guess.

The decision stays with you. The assistant does not screen parties or goods and does not replace your own reading of the legal text.

Where to find it: open an article and look for “Article assistant” beside the text. The assistant is available to Pro and Team members. Not a member yet? Register for free and open one article of your choice with the assistant included - the 50% rule article is a good one to start with.