by stefanie | Feb 14, 2025 | World Focus
Brussels targets low-value imports to protect European businesses and consumers. While at Remanexpo 2025 in Frankfurt, the European Commission unveiled measures to tighten regulations on low-value parcels entering the European Union. These shipments, often including...
by stefanie | Dec 20, 2024 | Around the Industry
Three individuals have been convicted in Italy for their roles in a €58 million VAT fraud scheme exploiting cross-border tax exemptions. Two entrepreneurs from Padua—a father and son—were sentenced to six years and two months each. An accountant received a two-year...
by stefanie | Dec 12, 2024 | World Focus
Landmark regulation ends misuse of old waste codes, ensuring toner cartridges are processed under stringent recycling laws to prevent landfill abuse. Spain has moved to close a longstanding loophole in its waste management system that allowed thousands of toner...
by stefanie | Nov 21, 2024 | World Focus
The estimated value of these counterfeit goods, seized at both EU borders and within the internal market, raised to €3.4 billion ($3.58 billion), a 68% increase on 2022. Detentions of counterfeit in the EU have reached new heights, with law enforcement authorities...
by stefanie | Nov 20, 2024 | World Focus
The Council has adopted a regulation prohibiting products in the Union market that are made using forced labour. The text forbids the placing and making available on the Union market, or the export from the Union market, of any product made using forced labour. This...
