On 20 August 2019, the Official Journal published the List of authorities designated by Member States to receive applications for, or to issue, binding origin information (2019/C 281/04).
On 19 May 2017, the Official Journal published a list of customs authorities designated by Member States for the purposes of receiving applications, or taking decisions relating to binding tariff information,
On April 28, 2017, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the release of the 2017 “Special 301” Report, reviewing global developments on trade and intellectual property (IP) and identifying trading partners with harmful records on protection, enforcement, or market access for U.S. innovators and creators.
The European Commission has announced that on 15 July 2016, the General Administration of China Customs and Hong Kong Customs joined the customs authorities of eight EU Member States (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom) and the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission, DG TAXUD in Phase 3 of the Smart and Secure Trade Lanes (SSTL) pilot project. Seven additional Member States (Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia) as well as the WCO take part as observers.
On April 6, 2016, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that the NMFS Assistant Administrator has issued new five-year affirmative findings for the Governments of Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain (“The Nations”) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These new five-year affirmative findings will allow yellowfin tuna and yellowfin tuna products harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in…
On 26 August 2014, the Boletín Oficial del Estado (the Official Journal) published Royal Decree 679/2014 of 1 August 2014, approving the Regulation on the control of foreign trade in defense materials, and dual-use materials, products and technology. The Regulation implements Law 53/2007 of 28 December 2007.The Regulation sets the conditions, requirements and procedures for exercising the control function of foreign trade in defense material, and dual-use materials, products and technologies, in order to…
On 11 April 2014, the Boletín Oficial del Estado (the Official Gazette) published Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Directorate General of Trade and Investment Circular of April 3, 2014, on the procedure and processing of imports and arrivals of goods and their trade regimes (BOE-A-2014-3888). The Circular, which supersedes the full text of Secretary of Foreign Trade Circular of 1 March 2010 (published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 10 March 2010), that has…
On April 7, 2014, the US Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, published in the Federal Register a notice [Public Notice 8682] indicating that the Department of State, in consultation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), determined that royal red shrimp (Menopenaeus robustus) harvested in the Mediterranean Sea may be imported into the United States from Spain pursuant to Section 609 of Public…
On January 24, 2014, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a request for written submissions [Docket No. USTR-2014-0003] concerning the 2013 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Spain. Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2242) requires USTR to identify countries that deny adequate and effective protection of IPR or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual…