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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…

2014 EU Anti-Bribery, Trade and Customs Webinar Series

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Our EU Compliance, International Trade and Customs Groups are bringing together their considerable local knowledge and on the ground experience to deliver their third webinar series. This year’s series will cover a range of customs, export control, trade sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption topics. Our first webinar will be on Thursday 27 February 2014 on the topic of “Union Customs Code: What to expect from the draft Implementing Provisions and how to take part in…

Client Alert: Customs Valuation: EU Proposal To Withdraw First Sale for Export

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On 13 January 2014 the European Commission issued a proposal[1] that would, as part of the changes which will be rolled out through the implementation of the Union Customs Code (“UCC”), remove the facility for the use of ‘first sale’ for export in European Union (“EU”). What is First Sale For Export? In international trade, there are often a number of successive sales before the goods’ clearance through Customs. For example, goods imported into the EU…

Client Alert: Myanmar/Burma to be Reinstated in EU’s Generalised System of Preferences

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On 19 July 2013, Myanmar/Burma’s reinstatement in the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (“EU GSP”) will take effect and apply retrospectively from 13 June 2012. All products ‘originating’ in Myanmar, except ammunition and arms, will benefit from full duty-free and quota-free access to the EU market.[1] Claims for refunds of duty paid on imports from 13 June 2012 will be possible in certain circumstances. Myanmar/Burma’s reinstatement comes less than three months after the EU’s decision…

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…

EU Anti-Bribery, Trade and Customs Webinar Series 2013

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Our EU Compliance, International Trade and Customs Groups are bringing together their considerable local knowledge and on the ground experience to deliver their second webinar series. This year’s series will cover a range of customs, export control, trade sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption topics. All webinars will begin at 16:00 GMT on each of the dates listed below and are scheduled to run for 90 minutes. Our panel of speakers will provide a practical overview…

Upcoming Webinar: US, EU and Swiss Trade Sanctions Enforcement Cases and Trends

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Join us for our 2013 Global International Trade Compliance Webinar Series. The focus this year will be on “Globalization of the Supply Chain: Trade Regulation and Developments.” We expect 2013 to an exciting year, with many developments on the trade regulation side. We will focus on WTO developments in Russia, trade agreements and what US trade policy will look like post-election. We will also conduct several webinar sessions that will focus on recent enforcement cases…

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…