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Free trade agreement between the Philippines and the EU: preferential origin, business opportunities and sustainability
EU Commission on 22 September 2026 annouced that “the EU and the Philippines reached substantial agreement in their negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), envisaged to deepen economic ties between the EU and another strategic, fast-growing partner in Southeast Asia”: the substantial agreement has been reached. Now we are waiting for the ultimate free trade agreement and its bilateral ratification. The key words of this substantial agreement whose negotiations, however, need to be finalized, are: Trade facilitations and preferential origin; Protection of intellectual property rights; Sustainability; Energy and raw materials. To support the economic operators, we would share the main points of the relevant customs rules laid down by…
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Article n.26 of EU Critical Law Materials Act: it is available the list
One of the legal objectifs of the European critical materials framework is the increasing of the circularity of critical raw materials. This is the reason for which EU Commission opened a public consultation on “Commission implementig regulation EU listing the products, components and waste streams considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252”before its publication in the official bulletin. The Annex I of the mentioned regulation lists the products, components and waste streams considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252. In particular, the goods which have a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential are: Batteries, with the…