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Explore new updates on the Trade Assistant for Services and Investment
New information is available on the Trade Assistant for Services and Investment in 24 languages!
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ICS2 extends to Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) for rail and road transport as of 1 April 2025
As of April 1, 2025, road and rail carriers will be required to complete the new Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) under ICS2 system, prior to the arrival of their goods in the EU.
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Application of the EU-Chile Interim Agreement from 1 February 2025
On 1 February 2025, the Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) between the EU and Chile, a revision to modernise the existing EU-Chile Association Agreement of 2005, entered into force.
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EU prohibition on the use and trade of Bisphenol A from 20 January 2025
From 20 January 2025, Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/3190 bans the use and trade of Bisphenol A (BPA), its salts and other hazardous bisphenols and hazardous bisphenol derivatives in food contact materials across the EU.
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Study of the European Union SMEs internationalisation strategy
Expanding into international markets outside of Europe is a key opportunity for SMEs to achieve growth and enhance competitiveness as highlighted in the EU ‘SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe’ in 2020.
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The Small Business Champions Competition
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the World Trade Organization’s Informal Working Group on Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (WTO MSME Group) in partnership with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), are calling for innovative ideas that help small businesses to participate and contribute to the circular economy.
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Recent VAT changes in certain EU Member States
As of 1 January 2025, new VAT rates are applicable in Slovakia, whereas other Member States such as Cyprus and Spain have implemented changes in the allocation of their VAT rates to consumer products.
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EU's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): A New Era of Consumer Protection
Applicable from the 13 December 2024, Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on general product safety, also called the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), replaces the General Product Safety Directive, and ushers in a new era of consumer protection.
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Autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products applicable in 2025
As of 1 January 2025, changes in tariff quotas and tariff suspensions are applicable for certain agricultural and industrial products imported into the EU according to Regulation (EU) 2024/3211 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products, and Regulation (EU) 2024/3213 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2283 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products.
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Application of EUDR Regulation on deforestation-free products delayed until December 2025
EU Deforestation Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115), published in mid-2023, aims to minimize deforestation and forest degradation associated with agricultural raw materials imported into the European Union. It is part of the EU’s biodiversity strategy running to 2030.
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