Bertrand Rager
A qualified chartered accountant and lawyer, Bertrand Rager is now the MD of an independent advisory law firm based in Paris.
He advises a variety of businesses operating globally on export control & dual use processes and compliance, Customs compliance, litigation and optimisation in relation to their international flows of goods and services, with additional VAT optimisation and compliance aspects. Bertrand teaches customs law notably in France and Ireland.
Bertrand Rager has worked with both Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen prior to being appointed pan-european VAT & Customs Director for Delphi Automotive Systems.
Bertrand also has a wide experience of long term projects work for major clients undertaking process improvement, restructuring, cost reduction exercises, AEO/Export licences audits, etc.
Bertrand is the French member of the Trusted Trade Alliance, a global independent network of Export control & Customs experts; he has strong connections with customs circles in Germany and the UK (CPG & ACITA ). Bertrand is also the president of the International Commission of the FIEEC and member of the SIEPS (professional syndicate of strategic products exporters).
Working languages: English, French, German
Key competences: Handling the regulatory aspects of import/export supply chain projects, Intra Community VAT, customs law, litigation procedure and compliance, definition and implementation of target organisation, fiscal representation, VAT and customs internal audits and external audit support, FTA management, etc. Export control, dual use, all export licences & authorisations, assistance in drafting export control internal policy guide, dealing with all French Governmental agencies involved.
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Content by Bertrand Rager
Customs valuation: What should all stakeholders in the company know about it?
In this video you will learn about a situation in the Dublin (Ireland) office of a multinational company operating in the aviation sector - how the company planned to proceed with its approach to customs value (related companies, R&D, royalties, change of transport route) and how it should proceed. The...
Introduction to export controls - What is it? Why? When? How?
Are you transferring software or technology overseas? Do you know that an export licence may be required? Or that an export could even take place in your own country? Watch the video on a practical situation in a company and learn more about the tangible and intangible export of software...
ICS2: the new European customs “Import Control System” just arriving!
The purpose of this note is to introduce the new European Import Control System (ICS2) in the safety and security measures framework and the launch of its first "release 1" version for express courier and postal shipments transported by air. Looking at it from a French perspective.
The French Customs "Smart Border" Offer for Brexit
Known as the "smart border”, this technological solution aims at maintaining the fluidity of the flows of goods despite the re-establishment of customs formalities at the border. It will be applied, as from the end of the transition period, at all entry/ exit points in the Calais area and more...
BREXIT: "NO DEAL" in sight!
We are heading straight for a "no-deal" with the UK - i.e. the application of the rules of the World Trade Organisation, which means high tariffs and tighter customs controls. The European Union will apply the same rules as for any country with which it does not have a trade...
India’s Customs management of rules of preferential origin
The Indian Central Board of Indirect taxes & Customs (CBIC) has introduced new regulations under section 156 read with section 28DA of Customs Act, 1962 related to Rules of Origin under Trade agreements. These rules may be called “CAROTAR 2020” (Customs Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements). The...
Penalties for customs offences in France
In France, the penalties for customs offences are all criminal in nature and are divided into misdemeanors (offences punishable by fines and custodial sentences) and contraventions (offences punishable only by fines). They vary according to the seriousness of the offence and each provides for minimum and maximum applicable penalties.
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ICS2: the new European customs “Import Control System” just arriving!
The purpose of this note is to introduce the new European Import Control System (ICS2) in the safety and security measures framework and the launch of its first "release 1" version for express courier and postal shipments transported by air. Looking at it from a French perspective.
The French Customs "Smart Border" Offer for Brexit
Known as the "smart border”, this technological solution aims at maintaining the fluidity of the flows of goods despite the re-establishment of customs formalities at the border. It will be applied, as from the end of the transition period, at all entry/ exit points in the Calais area and more...
BREXIT: "NO DEAL" in sight!
We are heading straight for a "no-deal" with the UK - i.e. the application of the rules of the World Trade Organisation, which means high tariffs and tighter customs controls. The European Union will apply the same rules as for any country with which it does not have a trade...