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Customs and FTAs week: key trending customs and compliance developments

May 23, 2024 By Thomas Kukanza (Belgium), Sylvain Guelton (UK), Esmee Kooke (Netherlands), Jennifer F. Revis (UK), Virusha Subban (South Africa), Laya Aoun-Hani (UAE), Carolin Insel (Germany), Kelvin Hong (UK), Albert Arenas (Spain), Jessica Mutton (UK), Lionel Van Reet (Belgium), Chandri Navarro (USA), Alexandra Lambert (UK), Nicole Looks (Netherlands) and Adriana Ibarra-Fernandez (Mexico) 6 Mins Read

For the third week, we continued our Annual Compliance Conference with key customs developments impacting on businesses today. Specifically, we discussed the reform of the Union Customs Code in the EU, key trending customs developments in EMEA, and different methods of driving significant financial savings in global supply chains. EU customs reform: biggest overhaul since 1968 Tuesday 14 May SPEAKERS: Nicole Looks (Partner, Amsterdam), Thomas Kukanza (Senior Trade Advisor, Brussels), Sylvain Guelton (Senior Associate, Brussels),…

European Union: “FIT FOR 55”- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism regulation signed

May 11, 2023 By Ana Royuela, Oliver Pendred (UK), Albert Arenas (Spain) and Thijs van Luijt (Netherlands) 7 Mins Read

On 10 May 2023 the Council of the European Union and European Parliament signed the regulation implementing the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (“CBAM”). CBAM will enter into force twenty days after it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Below we will provide further detail on the regulation and highlight some aspects that have been amended when compared to the initial proposal. The new CBAM Regulation is targeted at imports of products…

Belgium: New tax reporting obligations for payment service providers as of 2024

April 7, 2023 By Alain Huyghe (Belgium), Julie Permeke (Belgium), Olivier Van Baelen (Belgium) and Olivier Van den Broeke (Belgium) 1 Min Read

Baker McKenzie’s Global Compliance Blog published “Belgium: New tax reporting obligations for payment service providers as of 2024,” which can be viewed here.