Rail companies have hatched a plan to mitigate the fallout of a hard Brexit on vital freight deliveries by creating single border customs checkpoints up and down the country. The failure to agree a customs deal could see trains, 2,000 of which delivered 1.22 million tonnes of freight last year, stacked up either side of

The EU’s chief negotiator has ruled out allowing the UK to collect customs duties on its behalf, a key UK proposal for post-Brexit trade. Michel Barnier said the UK wanted to “take back control” of its money, law and borders – but so did the EU. The EU would not delegate “excises duty collection to

Bron: Nu.nl door ANP Het Europese bedrijfsleven reageert positief op de afspraken die de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump en de Europese Commissie-voorzitter Jean-Claude Juncker hebben gemaakt in Washington. Beide grootmachten gaan onderhandelen over het verlagen van handelstarieven en hebben beloofd in die periode niet met nieuwe heffingen te komen. Een handelsoorlog is daarmee voorlopig van

From August 1, 2018, an import declaration is required for containers with returning empty packaging materials. From this date, customs authorities will no longer accept the ‘permission’ method for returning empty packaging materials. Instead, the following two methods are possible to be able to transport containers with returning packaging materials: – By declaring an import

The European Commission has taken measures against the import of cheap electric bicycles from China. This means that almost a hundred Chinese manufacturers of e-bikes will have to pay extra import duties in the next six months, depending on the brand of the e-bike. The new measures of the European Commission will be in force

At the EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, Presidents Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, signed the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The trade agreement is the biggest ever negotiated by the EU. It will create an open trade zone covering over 600 million people. The agreement will remove the vast majority

Update Brexit: “BRITAIN The prime minister, 7th July 2018 1. Leaving the EU on 29th March 2019 2. Ending free movement and taking back control of our borders 3. No more sending vast sums of money each year to the EU 4. A new business friendly customs model with freedom to strike new trade deals

De Britse premier Theresa May heeft Dominic Raab maandag 9 juli benoemd tot de nieuwe Brexit-minister. Zijn voorganger David Davis heeft in de nacht van zondag op maandag zijn ontslag ingediend. “De koningin heeft de benoeming van Dominic Raab als Brexit-minister goedgekeurd”, valt te lezen in een verklaring van het kantoor van May. De nieuwe

Almost two years after the Brexit vote the date of leaving the EU is closing in on the UK government. It has been mostly a political debate, but recently UK businesses are putting more pressure on the UK government to come with practical solutions. UK customs is moving on with testing and implementation of its

Met ingang van 22 juni 2018 zijn aanvullende douanerechten van toepassing op bepaalde producten van niet-preferentiële oorsprong uit de Verenigde Staten. Het betreft onder andere producten zoals: mais, bonen, rijst, graanpreparaten, groentebereidingen, pindakaas, vruchtensappen, whisky, sigaretten, tabak, kleding, schoeisel, ijzer- en staalproducten, aluminiumproducten, motorrijwielen, plezier- en sportvaartuigen en speelkaarten. Er geldt wel een uitzondering voor