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Save the Date: 6-7 November 2014 in Amsterdam: Annual International Trade & Compliance Conference

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Save the Date for the Annual International Trade & Compliance Conference in Amsterdam taking place 6 and 7 November 2014.This conference will provide a practical overview of significant developments in the areas of anti-bribery, compliance, export controls, international trade and sanctions, as well as of their implications for your company’s compliance program and procedures. This program is geared towards in-house legal counsel and compliance managers.This year’s conference will be held on Thursday 6 and Friday…

Client Alert: EU Publishes Guidance on Tariff Classification of ‘Goods Put Up in Sets for Retail Sale’

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On 11 April 2013, the European Commission published long-awaited guidance on the definition of ‘goods put up in sets for retail sale’ for the purposes of tariff classification in the C-series of the Official Journal, entitled Guidelines on the classification in the Combined Nomenclature of goods put up in sets for retail sale (the “Guidelines”).(1) A draft set of guidelines had been in circulation since November 2011 as an Annex to the Summary Report of…

USA – OFAC Amends Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations to Implement Executive Orders 13622 and 13628 and New Wind-Down General License

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On December 26, 2012, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule (ITSR Amendments) to amend the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 560 (ITSR). The ITSR Amendments primarily implement Executive Order 13628 (Oct. 9, 2012), which, among other things, extended prohibitions applicable to transactions with Iran, the Government of Iran, and Iranian parties by “U.S. Persons” to non-US entities owned or controlled by US Persons. OFAC also added a…