New Anti-Dumping Duties on Products imported from the People's Republic of China
The European Commission recently issued a number of regulations imposing Anti Dumping Duties (ADD) on products originating from China. The products concerned are:
• Chamois Leather • Molybdenum Wire and; • Systems for scanning of cargo.
Businesses warned about increasing number of invalid certificates of origin
International Trade Solutions reported in May that the ECJ was looking at a number of cases of invalid certificates of origin and then reported the ECJ case of DSV Road v European Commission where a customs authority successfully challenged an importers use of preferential certificates of origin (see Customs Successfully Challenge Incorrect Preference Documentation (GSP Form A) Again!)
Customs Successfully Challenge Incorrect Preference Documentation (GSP Form A) Again!
T-219/07 DSV Road v European Commission (2009)
International Trade Solutions reported in May that the ECJ was looking at a number of cases concerned with the Customs Law of the European Union. One of those cases concerned the ongoing issue of the liability of importers when non-EU Customs authorities have made administrative and declarative errors. More specifically the court was faced with two questions:
The European Commission has recently been very active in the area of Anti-Dumping Duty on goods originating in the Far East (China in particular- see Article "Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duty on Goods Originating from China" on the International Trade Solutions Website). This article will briefly outline two cases, one where anti-dumping duty has been suspended and one where a new exporter review has been instigated in the case of Chinese originating ironing boards.
Are importers liable for post-clearance recovery of under-paid duty due to administrative and declarative errors by a non-EU Customs Authority?
Do administrative errors by a non-EU Customs Authority qualify as "special circumstances" under Article 239 of Commission Regulation No 2913/92?
(Case C-522/07) Dinter GmbH
Does the term "fruit juices with added sugar" also refer to fruit juices to which no sugar has actually been added but whose added sugar content is calculated mathematically?
Is the term "fruit juices in their natural state" merely clarified by the words "obtained from fruits or by dilution of concentrated juice" and does it in fact applies to all types of fruit juices(not cooked and without added alcohol) in the state in which they are presented?
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