EU

Questions and answers about EU

  • EU DUAL USE REGS

    Question: I have a question for those of you in the membership who have knowledge about UK and EU Dual Use Regulations. Does the UK have separate Dual-Use Regulations from the EU, or perhaps specific add-ons to the EU list? I ask because on the UK Government website there are separate headers for the UK […]

  • EU REGULATIONS AND SHIPMENTS TO RESTRICTED COUNTRIES

    Question: I’m looking for information about the  pre-arrival and pre-departure information requirement, as specified in the EU customs regulations (i.e., Regulations 2913/92 and 2454/93) applicable to all shipments to and from Iran (and Syria, Eritrea, N. Korea, Libya and Somalia too, I believe). What exactly is the requirement? Is there a requirement that it be […]

  • EU – SWISS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

    Question:       Would anyone have a copy of the rules of origin in English ?   Swiss Customs site only has Swiss, German, French and Italian.       Looking to understand if products imported into the Netherlands   and undergo very minor processing / alterations would qualify   for EU – EFTA […]

  • TEMPORARY IMPORT INTO EU

      QUESTION:   We frequently send pc boards from the US to a contract repair provider in The Netherlands. I recently learned that our shippers had been marking 9801 as the HTS number on the export documents. Our contractor has notified us that this HTS is not acceptable, of course. We are seeking the proper […]

  • EU HTS AND DESCRIPTIONS

    Question: Does anyone in the membership have either an Excel file or link to an Excel file that provides a complete EU HTS list, with descriptions. ==========

  • EU BILLS OF LADING Additional Answers

    Question:   Is there a regulatory requirement for the HS code to be on the Ocean Bill of Lading (OBOL) for shipments to the EU?  We have a customer who wants us to remove the HS code from our commercial invoice as he prefers to use another HS code at time of import.  I can […]

  • HTS NEEDED ON EU BILLS OF LADING

    Question:   Is there a regulatory requirement for the HS code to be on the Ocean Bill of Lading (OBOL) for shipments to the EU?  We have a customer who wants us to remove the HS code from our commercial invoice as he prefers to use another HS code at time of import.  I can […]

  • EU VAT FOR NRI

      Question: We are a US company and we export/sell to EU nations. We are charged VAT at import and since we are not a registered legal entity in the tax system of the respective EU nations, we pay the VAT with no current way of recovering when we up sell to our EU customer. […]

  • EU VALUATION

      QUESTION:       Is there a value in the EU similar to the Section 321 value   in the U.S. (less than $200.00) whereby shipments flow through   Customs without making entry formally or the payment of duties and taxes ?   **************  

  • TEMPORARY IMPORT INTO EU

      QUESTION:   We frequently send pc boards from the US to a contract repair provider in The Netherlands. I recently learned that our shippers had been marking 9801 as the HTS number on the export documents. Our contractor has notified us that this HTS is not acceptable, of course. We are seeking the proper […]