EU customs and trade news: December 2024

News in week 49: EU and Mercosur reach political agreement on groundbreaking partnership; EU deforestation law (EUDR) - Council and Parliament agree on its targeted amendment; regulation on the functioning of the EUDR information system for the submission of Due Diligence Statements; regulation on classification of pipette tips; amendments to the Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature; initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders; initiation of an expiry review of the anti-subsidy measures applicable to imports of biodiesel; CJEU on post-clearance recovery of anti-dumping duties after the regulation imposing those duties has been repealed; regulation on the granting of unlimited duty-free access to the Union for 2025 to certain goods originating in Norway; EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime - listings renewed for an additional year; EU position on the amendment of Convention on a common transit procedure concerning the accession of Georgia.