EU roundtable: How can SMEs get ready for the new UCC?

The EU Customs Reform is about to take its final legislative shape, reshaping the customs landscape by abolishing customs declarations, altering stakeholder liabilities, introducing a single customs IT system for the entire EU, creating the Trust and Check Trader status alongside the AEO, amongst other significant changes. The changes are far-reaching, and the time to start preparing for them - so as to ensure smooth cross-border trade in goods - is now.

This roundtable is designed to support SMEs - importers, exporters, logistics companies and others - in preparing for the upcoming changes. During the roundtable, we will discuss:

1. The current status of the reform

2. The main changes to consider

3. How to prepare effectively

4. Examples of preparations that SMEs are making

Please note that we will not cover e-commerce, focusing solely on regular trade flows.

Speakers

Agnieszka Brodacz
Specialist Customs & Trade Compliance at evofenedex, the Netherlands

Agnieszka Brodacz combines a technical background with a master’s degree in supply chain compliance. She is an experienced compliance professional with expertise in ISO management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949), audits, and risk assessments based on the FMEA framework. She also has experience with product safety certifications, AEO maintenance, and managing customs and transportation operations, ensuring compliance across the international supply chain while keeping customer satisfaction at the core.

In her current role, Agnieszka supports companies in setting up processes allowing to ensure compliance with CBAM, export control (dual-use classification, US EAR and EU sanctions), origin management (preferential and non-preferential), and focusing on trade compliance data management.

Joanna Glowacka-Maske
Head of Export control and Customs at Industriehof Scherenbostel Heinrich Rodenbostel GmbH and Agriparts Wedemark GmbH, Germany

Joanna Glowacka-Maske is a Foreign Trade Compliance Officer and a trusted advisor and operational partner to the CEO, specializing in process design, digitalization, and AI-driven solutions in the field of Trade Compliance for two German SMEs. As an active member of Aussenwirtschaftsrunde e.V. (AWR), she engages with like-minded professionals across Germany and beyond who are contributing to the advancement of foreign trade, customs, and export control.
Beyond her professional role, she shares her knowledge by lecturing in the postgraduate Trade & Customs Compliance program at the Poznań University of Economics in Poland. She also supports the Ukraine Network Lower Saxony in Germany with her professional expertise.

Moderator

Enrika Naujoke
CEO of CustomsClear, Lithuania

Enrika Naujoke is CEO of CustomsClear, the European customs and trade knowledge platform (www.customsclear.net), which serves as a trusted resource for practitioners and experts to navigate the complexities of customs compliance and trade, leveraging the latest in technology and AI (Picoco AI) to make regulatory knowledge more accessible and actionable.

About customs roundtables

Customs is a complex area and it’s difficult to stay up to date with all the latest developments.

Customs roundtables are designed for the customs community to come together and exchange views regarding various areas of customs. This can be either specific cases and questions or wider industry trends. The discussions will go into technical details and will allow participants to learn from peers and exchange views and experiences. It’s an excellent opportunity to have an open discussion on some of the most pressing customs issues. We aim to create an open and supportive live forum that also offers the facility to continue discussions online.

We welcome customs experts and experts-to-be in all areas of customs (origin, valuation, special procedures etc) and from all backgrounds (legal, in-house, academic, consulting etc).

Register to the customs roundtables by signing up for a Membership Plan and get access to the CustomsClear Customs Practitioners’ Forum.

Interested in the topic? Join the roundtable!

You have a few options to gain access to this event:

• Participants of the Customs Clearance and Trade Compliance in the EU course have free access to the event.

• Everyone who has acquired one of the Essential/Individual/Team membership plans has access to the sessions.

• Members of evofenedex.

• None of the above but you want to join? Invest 49 EUR (excluding VAT) to attend the session.

Contact us

If you need further information or have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info@customsclear.net