This annual conference will provide practitioners with an analysis
of how the EU is adapting its external trade and customs law to global
economic integration, the effectiveness of current measures, the need
for new instruments and related practical considerations
The conference will provide briefings on the progress made in trade law and policy including:
- Trade Defence Instruments: ongoing review; critical
features of anti-dumping rules (transparency, balance of interests,
negotiations); subsidies; dispute settlement; new EuroMed trade
facilitation mechanism
- Impact of recent ECJ case law for practice
- Customs 2013 Programme and the new electronic system for exchanging
advanced information between traders and custom authorities, Authorised
Economic Operator (AEO)
- Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and EU debate (upgrading Regulation 1383/2003; counterfeit goods over Internet; enforcement authorities cooperation)
- Impact for traders of the Modernised Customs Code.
Experts from the European Commission, customs administrations,
international organisations and traders will be invited to report on
these issues from a practical perspective.