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    Non-preferential origin and economically justified working

    In Harley-Davidson Europe and Neovia Logistics Services International v Commission (T-324/21), the General Court has dismissed an action for annulment against a Decision by the European Commission (2021/563) on the validity of certain decisions relating to binding origin information (BOI). About the “commercial/non-preferential origin” (made in) of the goods, the Tribunal highlithed that: the relocation of the production in a customs territory outside the European Union, just only to avoid the application of its commercial policy measures, must be considered incapable because it is not economically justified; the EU Commission is entitled to annul any BOI (binding origin information) and also BTI (binding tariff information) when these “rulings” are released…