Fact Check: Non-Preferential Origin
In our legal advisory work, we are seeing that questions concerning the non-preferential origin of goods are currently arising in many companies, which…
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EU Steel Safeguard Measures
It had long been announced: on 30 June 2026, the existing safeguard measures on steel expire and are replaced by the new safeguard…
The 21st Sanctions Package Remains Up in the Air
On 15 June, more or less unexpectedly, the EU Commission published four new EU regulations, which entered into force the following day. In…
GC Judgment Clarifies the Lawfulness of Sector-Specific Listings under the Russia Embargo
The judgment of the General Court of the European Union in Case T-232/24 of 24 January 2026 (Euro Asia Cargo Private Ltd v…
EFA Conference in Dortmund: The Future of World Trade – A Renaissance of Tariffs and Trade Restrictions
Nothing less than the future of world trade was the subject of discussion among participants at the 37th EFA Conference last Thursday and…
Guest Contribution by Bernd Seemann: The Underestimated Risk – How an Incorrect Customs Tariff Number Becomes Costly under Embargo Law
A supposedly well-established product portfolio, a small classification error, and a transaction with an apparently unproblematic third country: often that is all it…
Grandfathering Clauses for Existing Contracts under the 20th Sanctions Package
By Regulation (EU) 2026/506 of 23 April 2026, the European Union has once again significantly expanded the Russia sanctions under Regulation (EU) No…
Update: EU-Mercosur Agreement
Since 1 May 2026, the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) has been provisionally in force (published in the Official Journal of the EU,…
First the General Rules… Or How Do You Classify Modern High-Tech Goods with Multiple Functions?
The recent decision of the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH, judgment of 21.11.2024, case no. VII B 76/23) concerns the question of how to…
