free trade agreement
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EU-Chile modernized free trade agreement
On 4 December 2023, the European Council adopted: Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) about: health, the environment, climate change, ocean governance, energy, tax, education and culture, labour, employment and social affairs, science and technology and transport; interim Trade Agreement (iTA) on raw materials and clean fuel such as lithium, copper and hydrogen, which are crucial for the transition to the green economy. Both the agreements with Chile constitute an updated version of the EU-Chile Association Agreement currently in place. Nadia Calviño declared: “…The EU-Chile Trade Agreement will reinforce the EU’s open strategic autonomy and economic security, strengthening the resilience of supply chains and diversifying imports of key inputs for the green…
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Free trade agreement New Zealand-EU approved by European Parliament
On 22 November 2023 the European Parliament approved the free trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand. Now, before entering into force, this agreement should be approved by all the Member states parliaments. As declared: “…“Today is a good day for the EU and global rule-based trade. Our vote is a very clear signal of our commitment to negotiating new EU free trade agreements, of which we have seen too few in this parliamentary term. While we live at different ends of the world, the EU and New Zealand are close, trusted, reliable and like-minded partners. Together, we are driving global rules-based trade forward against the backdrop of a…
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The preferential origin, free trade agreements and customs compliance: an up-to-date overview
The judgment of the IV Chamber of the European Court of Justice C‑653/22 released on 23 November 2023 recalls that the origin is an obligation of the importer/economic operator which is required to managet it by taking a specific and professional care. The customs origin could be non-preferential and preferential one. The mentioned case law gives us the chance to go deeper with an up-to-date overview of the preferential origin. The preferential origin is an important “status” (quality) of the goods which are imported or exported from/to the European Union. For this reason, it is important to share and explain some points of the European Union Guidance on the preferential…
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L’origine preferenziale, l’AEO e accordi di libero scambio
L’origine preferenziale, viene attribuita in virtù di accordi di libero scambio che, nei propri “protocolli d’origine”, dispongono le regole per attribuire lo status di prodotti originari qualora non siano interamente ottenuti nei territori dei paesi accordatari; v’è, infine, l’ipotesi per cui l’origine preferenziale viene può essere accordata dall’Unione europea unilateralmente, al di fuori dei casi di prodotti interamente ottenuti. Come per quella commerciale, l’origine preferenziale può riferirsi tanto a beni interamente ottenuti quanto a quelli ricavati a partire anche da materiali provenienti da diversi paesi non rientranti nell’accordo di libero scambio e, pertanto, da definire come “non originari”. Nella prima ipotesi, ci si riferisce essenzialmente alle seguenti categorie merceologiche: “…a)…
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MERCOSUR and EU: again troubles about environmental safeguards
MERCOSUR was reached in 2019 after two decades of negotiations but has been on hold due to environmental concerns. In 2023 the EU presented Mercosur with an addendum to the agreement that included environmental safeguards to address reservations by many EU member states. Mercosur led by Brazilian Presidency has still to provide with a feedback
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Il fair trade: tra WTO e commercio equo e solidale
Il commercio equo e solidale (fair trade) nasce per: Sostenere lo sviluppo dei paesi in via di sviluppo; Promuovere lo sviluppo sostenibile. Si basa sulle seguenti fonti non vincolanti: – il concetto del riconoscimento del prezzo equo ai produttori da definire-secondo la comunicazione della Commissione europea COM (1999) 619, Bruxelles, 29 ottobre 1999 – come “…una congrua remunerazione del lavoro apportato, della competenza, delle risorse a cui va aggiunta una giusta quota del profitto globale…”. – carta Italiana dei Criteri del Commercio Equo e Solidale statuisce che: “…Il Commercio Equo e Solidale è un approccio alternativo al commercio convenzionale; esso promuove giustizia sociale ed economica, sviluppo sostenibile, rispetto per le…
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Critical raw materials and FTA EU, Australia
Don Farrell ( Australia’s Trade Minister) has included easier access to the country’s vast critical raw materials (CRM) sector as part of negotiations over a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union ahead of possible further talks. Indeed, as EURACTIV reported, this is one of the main point on which the negotiations are still open: “…For example, the EU would like to have access to Australian raw materials under the same conditions as Australian consumers. It wants Australia to commit to a policy that would prohibit so-called double pricing that disadvantages EU companies compared to Australian ones…”. This situasion is generated by the fact that Australia plays (and will…
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Circular economy, free trade agreement and AEO
The OECD report (2020) International trade and the circular economy underlines that: “…At the regional level, different economies are considering including circular economy provisions in free trade agreements (FTAs). In order to implement these provisions, it is necessary to better understand the interrelations between trade and circular economy…”; “…Transitioning towards a more resource efficient and circular economy provides a way to decrease material use and reduce associated environmental impacts across the value chain. A resource efficient circular economy has broad interlinkages with international trade through global supply chains, end-of-life value chains, and services trade…”; “…thus, facilitating trade is important to support refurbishment and remanufacturing activities. Barriers in bringing back a…
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Legge delega fiscale 2023, accise e compliance
Il 4 agosto 2023 è stato approvato il disegno di legge sulla delega fiscale (disegno di legge AC 1038-B del 23 marzo 2023) in materia di riforma del sistema fiscale e doganale italiano. Questa legge prevede che il Governo adotti entro 24 mesi, uno o più decreti legislativi recanti la revisione del sistema tributario nel rispetto dei principi costituzionali, nonché del diritto dell’Unione europea e internazionale. Per quanto riguarda il settore doganale e quello della tassazione ambientale (accise ed imposte di consumo) gli aspetti di maggiore rilevanza sono: a revisione delle disposizioni in materia di accisa e delle altre imposte indirette sulla produzione e sui consumi; sanzioni doganali; motivazione degli…
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OECD, AEO and goods and services in international trade
Our focus into AEO and customs compliance brings us to read and share (very shortly) the very interesting OECD Policy paper n.274/2023 “interactions between goods and services in international trade” which: “…examines whether the customs valuation systems and rules of origin are sufficiently attuned to the changing landscape of commercial realities characterised by new and diverse configurations of goods-services trade…”; “…suggests that, while goods-services interactions in international trade do not require a radical restructuring of existing trade law, challenges for the current approaches and practices for customs valuation and origin determination call for policy solutions specific to each type of goods-services configuration…”; Identifies and distinguishes the following trade configurations (goods-services)…