The EU-Türkiye Customs Cooperation Committee adopted Decision No 1/2026 (16 July 2026, published 13 October 2026) providing for mutual recognition of the European Union's authorised economic operator (AEO) programme and Türkiye's national AEO programme. Both programmes are built on the WCO SAFE Framework of security standards, and mutual recognition lets...
Council adopted Decision (EU) 2026/2232 on 1 October 2026 (published 5 October 2026) setting the EU's position for a joint declaration in the UK Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on the application of Article 5 of the Windsor Framework. The declaration clarifies that Article 5 - which governs the payment, collection...
The Commission's sixth Annual Report on the Implementation and Enforcement of EU Trade and Economic Security Policy (covering 2025) shows the EU now has 45 trade agreements with 81 preferential partners - 44 preferential agreements with 76 countries at end-2025 - covering 46.3% of the EU's external trade, rising to...
Commission extended the EU's retrospective Union surveillance of imports of renewable ethanol for fuel (bioethanol, CN code ex 2207 10 00) for a further three years (Implementing Reg (EU) 2026/2047), under Regulations (EU) 2015/478 and (EU) 2015/755 on common rules for imports, because import volumes have risen significantly. Retrospective surveillance...
Commission opened a 12-week public consultation (4 September–27 November 2026) on the first review of the International Procurement Instrument (IPI), Regulation (EU) 2022/1031, as required by its Article 14. It seeks views from EU producers, contracting authorities, traders and importers on the IPI's scope, rules of origin determination, the online...
Commission launched an eight-week public consultation on aligning VAT rules with the principles of the circular and low-emission economy, part of the upcoming Circular Economy Act. It focuses on three areas: the VAT treatment of second-hand goods, the destruction of viable goods, and VAT deduction rules for passenger cars used...
The EU gave a 'no consent to import' final response for carbosulfan (CAS 55285-14-8) and fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) under the Rotterdam Convention Prior Informed Consent procedure (Regulation (EU) No 649/2012), after both were listed in Annex III at COP-12 (Geneva, 28 April–9 May...
Mozambique may apply diagonal cumulation under Articles 4(2) and 4(6) of Protocol 1 to the EU–SADC EPA from 24 July 2026, having notified administrative-cooperation arrangements with Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Exporters in Mozambique can then treat materials and...
Commission published the entry of 'Madd de Casamance' (GI-1459) from Senegal in WIPO's International Register under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, covering fresh madd (Saba senegalensis), madd juice or nectar, madd syrup and madd preserves. WIPO notified the EU on 17 August 2026. Opposition to protection in the...
Commission published the entry of 'Poivre de Penja' (GI-1460), a fresh or packaged pepper from Cameroon, in WIPO's International Register under the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement. WIPO notified the EU on 17 August 2026. The publication opens the right to oppose protection of the name in the EU...
DG TAXUD published the 2025 annual report on the application of the EU's VAT e-commerce package. Member States have collected more than €125 billion since July 2021, €38 billion of it in 2025, with more than 193,000 businesses registered across the three One-Stop Shop schemes.
The Council agreed to introduce temporary trade-liberalisation measures for Armenian products following trade restrictions imposed by Russia, endorsing the Commission proposal without changes. The regulation is not yet adopted; the European Parliament is expected to take its position in September.
Thailand submitted a second list of 75 geographical indications, including 47 for agricultural products, for protection under the future EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement. The Commission opened a two-month window for statements of opposition.
Commission published guidance (Communication C/2026/4623, OJ C 31 August 2026, non-binding) on Article 25 of the Net-Zero Industry Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1735) — the sustainability and resilience requirements in public procurement of net-zero technologies such as solar PV, wind and batteries. Resilience rules apply where the Commission's annual dependencies Communication...
EU agri-food trade surplus for January–June 2026 reached €23.9 billion, €1.4 billion higher than in the same period of 2025, per DG AGRI's monthly trade report published 28 August 2026. Exports totalled €117.2 billion, down 2% — mainly declines in cocoa products, pigmeat and olive oil; imports fell 4% to...
DG TAXUD released two curriculum modules on the Customs, Tax & CBAM EU Learning Portal on 27 August 2026 — one for taxation officers and one for customs officers from candidate and potential candidate countries. Each sequences selected courses from the portal's training catalogue in a pre-determined order to cover...