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Free trade agreement EU Mercosur: provvisional entry into force. A short recap
On 27 February 2026 EU Commission released this press release “Statement by President von der Leyen on the EU-Mercosur agreement” where Ms Von der Leyen announced: On 26 February 2026 Argentina and Uruguay became the first countries to ratify the EU-Mercosur Agreement; Brazil and Paraguay re expected to follow; the EU Commission will now proceed with provisional application since the 27 of february; it is up to EU Parliament give the consent for the full conclusion; The Court of Justice has to examine the legal basis of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and the Interim Trade Agreement (iTA), in accordance with the guidelines contained in the text adopted. It is interesting…
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EU-MERCOSUR FTA signed in Asuncion 17 January 2026. For a new partnership
At Dogana Sostenibile we would start the study of the FTA between MERCOSUR and the UE from some of the “Questions and answers on the EU-Mercosur partnership agreement”. We would offer a guide to the EU exporters and customs experts. What will the agreement mean for trade in goods? Mercosur will abolish import tariffs on European goods and remove obstacles to EU exports, such as: unnecessarily restrictive rules and regulations that differ from international standards; non-automatic import licences; burdensome conformity assessment procedures. Making it easier to export to Mercosur will benefit, in particular, EU firms making and selling: Agri-food products; Machinery; Pharmaceuticals; Cars; Textiles and clothing. The more Europe exports,…
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The EU Preferential trade guidance on the rules of origin: short explaantions and its impact on the AEO management
The European Commission (TAXUD) released on March 2025 the “Preferential trade guidance on the rules of origin” which provides with the full picture of the EU preferential origin legal framework. What does mean “preferential origin”? it is the status which certifies the compliance of the goods with the rules of origin (or list rules either Product Specific Rules of Origin [PSR]) and others laid down by the free trade agreements inked by the European Union and third countries. The rules of origin can be divided into groups: Wholly obtained products: where only one country or territory is involved in the manufacture of both materials and products; Sufficiently worked or processed…
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Is the EU – Pacific States Interim Economic Partnership Agreement about to cover Nieue, Tonga and Tuvalu islands too? Compliance and business opportunites
The EU – Pacific States Interim Economic Partnership Agreement is a free trade which, currently, covers from a side the European Union from the other one Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands. The EU grants 100% duty-free and quota-free access to all imports coming from Pacific EPA countries. The access to the EU market is permanent, full and free to all products. Pacific EPA countries phase out duties partially and gradually as follows The preferential treatment under this EPA requires The compliance of the good with the principle of direct transport for which the preferential treatment applies only to products which are transported directly between a Pacific State and…
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1 February 2025: EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) will enter into force. New rules for trade and proferential origin
From 1 February 2025 EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) will enter into force. It is stated by the “Notice concerning the date of entry into force of the Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile” n. 17113/24 for which “ The Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile1, signed in Brussels on 13 December 2023, will enter into force on 1 February 2025” published on 20 Decembre 2024. In a nutshell, for what it is concerning the preferential origin the main changes are: Replacement of the EUR.1 movement certificates and the invoice declarations issued in accordance with the…
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Since the 6 December 2024 Free trade agreement Mercosur and European Union is about to become reality after the approval of European Council and Parliament
On 6 December 2024 the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and her counterparts from four Mercosur countries (Brazilian President Lula, Argentinian President Milei, Paraguayan President Peña, and Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou) ended the negotiations for a groundbreaking EU-Mercosur partnership agreement. As it is stated by the EU Parliament: “ The proposed EU-Mercosur agreement is composed of a political and cooperation pillar, and a trade pillar. The end of negotiations constitutes the first step in the process towards conclusion of the agreement. The official documents will be published online over the next days”. After the above mentioned agreement, the parties have to: Check and translation of the…
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PEM an update
One of the more important FTA of the EU is, of course, the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention on preferential rules of origin. This agreement established: a) a common framework of rules of origin; b) cumulation. It involves from a side the EU and from the other one the following PEM Contracting parties: the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtestein, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Israel, Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Türkiye, the Faroe Islands, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania. On 7 December 2023, the PEM Joint Committee adopted the new and modernised rules of origin that aims…
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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…