• Point de vue

A National Trade Rulebook …so the rules can work and trade can flow

Walter Hekala Trade and Investment at Nathan Associates Inc.
June 30, 2009
en fr
A National Trade Rulebook …so the rules can work and trade can flow

Photo by Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash

Customs administrations have worked diligently for more than two decades to increase voluntary compliance with Customs regulations, mainly by making it easier to obtain information aboutregulations. Is this diligence paying off? Can more be done to enable voluntary compliance and, perhaps even more important, to facilitate trade?

To access the full text please

Comments ()

Similar content

News update
icon
EU customs and trade news: October 2024
2024-10-15

News in week 41: classification of a robot designed to be used in firefighting and of a projector with tuner in a single housing; the penultimate session of the WCO HS Committee before submitting … the provisionally adopted amendments for HS 2028 to the Council for adoption; CJEU clarified that the repeal of anti-dumping duties has no retroactive effect; anti-dumping proceeding concerning hardwood plywood from China; expiry review of anti-dumping on mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate; amendment of tariff quotas in the rice and dairy products sectors; updated CBAM documents; EU brings product liability rules in line with digital age and circular economy; requirements for products with digital elements; tasks of the single national contact points of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System; amendments to restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilizing activities.

€
law
News update
icon
EU customs and trade news: October 2024
2024-10-15

News in week 41: classification of a robot designed to be used in firefighting and of a projector with tuner in a single housing; the penultimate session of the WCO HS Committee before submitting the provisionally adopted amendments for HS 2028 to the Council for adoption; CJEU clarified that the repeal of anti-dumping duties has no retroactive effect; anti-dumping proceeding concerning hardwood plywood from China; expiry review of anti-dumping on mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate; amendment of tariff quotas in the rice and dairy products sectors; updated CBAM documents; EU brings product liability rules in line with digital age and circular economy; requirements for products with digital elements; tasks of the single national contact points of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System; amendments to restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilizing activities.

€
law
Perspective
icon
Presentation on the UCC reform proposal in the Council
2024-10-04

In this article, the author outlines the content of his presentation and the subsequent questions and answers session during the meeting of the Council's Customs Union Working Group (CUG) on … 19 September 2024, in Brussels. The author was invited by the Hungarian Presidency as a customs law expert.

Michael Lux

law
Perspective
icon
Presentation on the UCC reform proposal in the Council
2024-10-04

In this article, the author outlines the content of his presentation and the subsequent questions and answers session during the meeting of the Council's Customs Union Working Group (CUG) on 19 September 2024, in Brussels. The author was invited by the Hungarian Presidency as a customs law expert.

Michael Lux

law
News update
icon
UK customs and trade news: September 2024
2024-10-03

UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement. Suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel. Moving the “Rest of World” sheepmeat, poultry and beef to Northern Ireland. Important updates on the implementation … of the Windsor Framework, the TSS system and the 'Not for EU’ labelling for retail products across Great Britain. New TRA anti-dumping investigation on Chinese tin mill. New trade sanctions against Iran. Launch of the ‘Apply for a SIEL’ service (LITE) public beta.

€
law
News update
icon
UK customs and trade news: September 2024
2024-10-03

UK-Ukraine Digital Trade Agreement. Suspension of 30 arms export licenses to Israel. Moving the “Rest of World” sheepmeat, poultry and beef to Northern Ireland. Important updates on the implementation of the Windsor Framework, the TSS system and the 'Not for EU’ labelling for retail products across Great Britain. New TRA anti-dumping investigation on Chinese tin mill. New trade sanctions against Iran. Launch of the ‘Apply for a SIEL’ service (LITE) public beta.

€
law
News update
icon
EU customs and trade news: September 2024
2024-09-29

News in week 39: Union Customs Code Annual Progress Report 2023; EU Single Window Environment for Customs - amended regulation, laid down rules for information exchange; compilation of the national … control lists adopted by Spain, The Netherlands and France; pilot project for a 'comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement'; updated guidance for industry on preventing Russian export control and sanctions evasion; new CBAM Self Assessment Tool; Commission Annual Report on the EU’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy and Safeguard activities; Commission decision to register all imports of products under anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigations; classification of panties, at importation declared as ‘incontinence management system’; and more news!

€
law
News update
icon
EU customs and trade news: September 2024
2024-09-29

News in week 39: Union Customs Code Annual Progress Report 2023; EU Single Window Environment for Customs - amended regulation, laid down rules for information exchange; compilation of the national control lists adopted by Spain, The Netherlands and France; pilot project for a 'comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement'; updated guidance for industry on preventing Russian export control and sanctions evasion; new CBAM Self Assessment Tool; Commission Annual Report on the EU’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy and Safeguard activities; Commission decision to register all imports of products under anti-dumping or anti-subsidy investigations; classification of panties, at importation declared as ‘incontinence management system’; and more news!

€
law
News update
icon
Ukraine customs and trade news: August/September 2024
2024-09-29

News at a glance: significant amendments to the Ukrainian Customs Code; introduction of a new automated customs clearance system at all road checkpoints on the national border; clarification … of the customs classification of goods intended for the generation and storage of electricity; permission to export bio-methane from Ukraine; gradual annual increases in excise duties on fuels.

law
News update
icon
Ukraine customs and trade news: August/September 2024
2024-09-29

News at a glance: significant amendments to the Ukrainian Customs Code; introduction of a new automated customs clearance system at all road checkpoints on the national border; clarification of the customs classification of goods intended for the generation and storage of electricity; permission to export bio-methane from Ukraine; gradual annual increases in excise duties on fuels.

law
support@customsclear.net +370 664 26393 (EN, RU) 37066426393 (LT) +37064465553 (DE)
Login Sign up
Forgot password?

* Mandatory fields

By signing up you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Password reset

Check your e-mail, we sent you a link to reset your password.
Login with Google Login with LinkedIn
Contact us

Contact us

Thank you for report
Maximum file size 6mb
File is too large