EU Customs Developments in 2019

This is a special newsletter with our selection of key EU customs developments in 2019. It is not intended to provide an exhaustive summary.

In this issue...

EU Customs Policy

• Amendments to the UCC and related legislation
• EU Customs Foresight Project

EU Tariffs

• Duty Suspensions and Tariff Quotas
• Additional customs duties on certain US products
• GSP developments

EU FTA update

• New EU Commissioner—new climate action and enforcement plans
• EU FTAs with both Japan and Singapore entered into force in 2019
• EU FTA with Vietnam signed in 2019, but not yet in force
• EU-Mercosur FTA—political agreement reached
• EU-United States FTA—EU negotiating mandate adopted
• EU-South Korea FTA – discussion on labour rights
• Pending and stalled EU FTA negotiations
• Horizontal bilateral safeguard regulation

Brexit

• Brexit on 31 January 2020
• Post-Brexit trade relations

Classification

• 2020 Combined Nomenclature
• 2019 Classification Regulations
• CNEN consolidation and new CNENs
• EU endorses HSENs and Classification Opinions
• Court Judgment—classification of large LCD monitors for use in public spaces
• Court Judgment—classification of GPS navigation systems
• Court Judgment—classification of hearing aid connectors
• Court Judgment—classification of welded steel parts for radiators
• Court Judgments clarify link between customs classification of products and excise duty legislation for alcohol and tobacco products
• Court Judgment—classification of static converters
• Court Judgment—classification of mastectomy bras
• WCO Council—HS 2022

Origin

• Court Judgment—origin labelling for food from Israeli settlements
• EU/Norway/Switzerland/Turkey cumulation of origin under GSP
• PEM diagonal cumulation possibilities

Valuation

• Court Judgment—Oribalt case—deductive method
• Court Judgment—CEVA case—downward post-clearance revision

Miscellaneous

• Proposed amendments to 2014 Trade Enforcement Regulation
• IPR infringements and Illicit Trade
• Plurilateral negotiations and standards on e-commerce
• Court Judgment—data protection in the context of an AEO application
• EU Customs Trader Portal launched
• EU customs training accreditation
• EU Regulation on imports of cultural goods
• EU Dual-Use Export control list and correlation table updated

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