Customs Compliance & Risk Management
News update
EU customs and trade news: June 2026
Update for week 25: Communication on decisions relating to binding information; Russia - 34 individuals and 47 entities listed; renewal of EU restrictive measures over the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol; Moldova - 6 individuals listed for actions destabilising the country; impending expiry of anti-dumping measures on Chinese aluminium...
Topic spotlight
E-commerce: flat-rate duty of €3 and introduction of a product identifier
Regulation (EU) 2026/382, effective from 1 July 2026, is the first component of the customs reform proposed by the Commission. It has not only abolished the customs duty relief for 'consignments of negligible value', i.e. up to an intrinsic value of €150 (thereby deleting Articles 23 and 24 of the...
Rules of origin under free trade agreements: compliance vs usability
According to the European Commission’s report, trade agreements have strengthened the EU’s global competitiveness, improved EU companies’ access to third-country markets, and supported exports in key sectors. However, their full potential is not yet realised, as EU FTAs remain underutilised in practice. Low preference utilisation is often associated with complex...