EU Council: customs will also apply to imported goods worth less than €150
The EU Council has agreed to abolish the €150 threshold below which customs duties are not payable on goods imported into the EU. The new measure should be introduced on a transitional basis as early as 2026, with full implementation in 2028.
Is this the end of ‘forever chemicals’ in the EU?
The European Union plans to gradually restrict the use of ‘forever chemicals’ found in packaging, textiles and electronics and subsequently accumulating in nature and the human body. The aim is to protect the environment and human health.
A digital system for EU travel finally in sight
At the end of July, the European Commission announced that the Entry/Exit System (EES) for the tracking and registration of foreigners travelling to the Schengen Area will begin its implementation on 12 October 2025.
New operational programme under European Green Deal
The European Union has committed itself not to produce any greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, when it plans on becoming a climate neutral continent. In connection with this, a European Green Deal has been entered into and a Just Transition Fund has…
Future direction of EU business taxation
The European Commission has issued its Communication on Business Taxation for the 21st Century, summarising current actions and future plans in response to the OECD debate on changes to international tax rules and the introduction of minimum…
EU introduces stricter controls of goods on import
Importers of goods into the EU should beware. From 15 March 2021, Release 1 of ICS2 – a new electronic system for controlling imports of goods into the EU – is underway. ICS2 will contribute to increasing the effectiveness of customs controls,…
One step closer to interconnecting commercial registers within EU
The harmonisation of EU law regarding the use of digital tools and processes in corporate law has taken on a concrete form: an amendment to the Act on Public Registers, implementing a part of the changes prescribed by the EU directive into Czech law…
New rules facilitating cross-border corporate mobility within EU
Two amendments to Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company law aim to harmonise and modernise EU company law and improve the application of the freedom of establishment. The…