by Pauline Wörner | export, Foreign trade, Glossary
Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) is an essential part of the modern EU security concept. This evolved from the "Framework of Standard to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade" (SAFE) of the World Customs Organization (WCO). The...
by Sebastian Baumgarten | export, Foreign trade, Glossary
Certificate of originWhat is a certificate of origin needed for?How is a certificate of origin issued?How is a certificate of origin structured?Sample Certificate of Origin TemplateWhat is a certificate of origin needed for?A certificate of origin is a document...
by Pauline Wörner | Export control, Foreign trade, Sanctioned party list
The new export control program of the PRC Since December 2020, the People's Republic of China has had its own new export control program. China certainly wants to defend its leading status in certain technologies and sees itself as a globally active player that is...
by Sebastian Baumgarten | export, Foreign trade
January 31, 2020 was the deadline for the UK to leave the EU. Now there was a transition period until mid-December 2020 to negotiate a possible agreement. Despite the length of time and repeated postponements of the deadlines, the current trend is that there will be...
by Stefan Kluge | Foreign trade, Productnews & -updates, Supplier declaration
The transition period of the withdrawal agreement is coming to an end - namely December 31, 2020. The state of the negotiations shows that there is no free trade agreement with the EU to be expected at this point in time. Further, the UK no longer benefits from the 40...
by Pauline Wörner | Foreign trade, Glossary
What is an authorized exporter? An authorized exporter is an exporter authorized by the main customs office. This exporter may transfer goods to the export procedure in a simplified manner, which means that no presentation is required at the customs office of export....
by Sebastian Baumgarten | export, Foreign trade, Supplier declaration
Supplier declarations for used vehicles - Not all vehicles affected in latest Customs clarification On 19 August 2020, the German customs issued a clarification in which it is described that a complete documentation of the supply chains is necessary if customs...
by Alexander Haun | Foreign trade
[Update 17 September 2020: Written by Nese Öztunc] As explained in the lower part of this article, in May 2019 the EU created the legal framework for sanctions in the case of cyber-terrorism. Now, for the first time, these sanctions have been applied to six persons...
by Alexander Haun | Foreign trade
[Update 03 July 2019] The sanctions against Huawei could be lifted shortly. Donald Trump hinted at this at least during the talks with the Chinese head of government, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit. Provided that "no major problem for national security would arise"....