Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog published “Proposed EU Forced Labour Import Ban,” which can be viewed here.
On 25 August 2021 the EU Commission published guidance on the transitional rules of origin in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean area (the “Transitional Rules”). The EU is currently amending 21 origin protocols within the pan-Euro-Mediterranean (“PEM”) area by implementing an alternative set of rules of origin which will apply alongside the rules of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (the “PEM Convention”). The amendments will apply on a bilateral basis pending the adoption of…
Baker McKenzie’s InsightPlus published “EU: European Commission adopts proposal for new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism,” which can be viewed here.
Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance News Blog published “Multijurisdictional: 2021 Virtual Global Trade Conference,” which can be viewed here.
We are pleased to announce the launch of Baker McKenzie’s COVID-19 Product Import/Export Review (“COVID-19 PIER”) tool. This tool is a multijurisdictional tracker that provides information on import and export measures imposed around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New jurisdictions will be added as we continuously update the information in the tool. The past few months have seen an exponential increase in the demand for personal protective equipment (“PPE”), medical supplies, and other…
Our EU Compliance, International Trade and Customs Groups are bringing together their considerable local knowledge and on the ground experience to deliver their third webinar series. This year’s series will cover a range of customs, export control, trade sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption topics. Our first webinar will be on Thursday 27 February 2014 on the topic of “Union Customs Code: What to expect from the draft Implementing Provisions and how to take part in…
On 11 April 2013, the European Commission published long-awaited guidance on the definition of ‘goods put up in sets for retail sale’ for the purposes of tariff classification in the C-series of the Official Journal, entitled Guidelines on the classification in the Combined Nomenclature of goods put up in sets for retail sale (the “Guidelines”).(1) A draft set of guidelines had been in circulation since November 2011 as an Annex to the Summary Report of…