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Due to the war in Ukraine, the Kaliningrad Oblast is getting increased attention. We receive questions about the ‘Kaliningrad transit‘: whether there are any simplifications for the transportation … of goods from Russia to Kaliningrad and vice versa or exemptions from sanctions? The exemptions have been introduced in the fifth EU sanctions package against Russia. But let’s start with an overview of some historical events.

The article analyses EU policies on the extension of Common Transit and the New Computerized Transit System (NCTS) to associated countries given the case of Ukraine. The decision on accepting … Ukraine to join the Convention on Common Transit may be expected in 2022. Otherwise, considering the EU plans to complete the transition to the NCTS Phase 6 in the second quarter of 2025, the accession may be delayed until the end of 2025.

When buying or selling goods across a border, it is considered good business practice to understand the rules applied on the other side of the border. This is because the decisions you make when … selling the goods can have a significant influence over the decisions and responsibilities of the business buying them on the other side.

In this article, we outline issues that holders of the procedure (who provide a guarantee to cover the amount of potential debt) might face in case the Union transit procedure or common transit … procedure is not properly ended in the electronic customs systems. A real case, when the T1 transit procedure was not ended in Germany, and the goods were shipped to Russia, is provided as an example of an issue.

ATA Carnet is used for the temporary export, transit and temporary admission of goods for specific purposes, e.g. for displays, exhibitions and fairs, as professional equipment and as commercial … samples.

Common transit is a customs procedure for transporting goods between the EU and common transit countries, and between common transit countries themselves. These are the countries that have signed … the Convention on a common transit procedure: the EU Member States, the United Kingdom, the EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland), Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia and Serbia.

The Union transit procedure is used to move non-Union and Union status goods from one point to another within the customs territory of the Union, and also Andorra and San Marino. There are two … categories of the Union transit procedure: external transit and internal transit.