EU Government Notices for August 1-2
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases Aug. 1-2 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
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- AD: China - glyphosate. The Council brought an appeal before the Court of Justice against the General Court’s judgment in this case. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled, dismissing the appeal entirely, that the Chinese State’s control over the general meeting of Xinanchem’s shareholders does not automatically exclude that company from the benefit of market economy treatment. (here)
- AEO/C-TPAT recognition now operational. On May 4, the EU and U.S. agreed to mutually recognize the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programs. U.S. customs targeting systems can only grant benefits based on the information that is linked to a Manufacturer's Identification Number (MID), so there will be a "matching procedure" to associate the EU EORI (Economic Operators Registration and Identification) numbers with MID numbers. For this purpose, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has created a web application where EU AEOs must register their EORI number and associate this number with their MID number(s). The application will be activated once the exchange of relevant AEO data and testing is completed. (here)
- Recalls. The European Commission issued its weekly list of measures to prevent or restrict the marketing or use of approximately 30 products in the EU, including certain clothing, childcare articles, cosmetics, and chemical products. (here)