Customs News
View historyGiven the existing difficulties in appointing a representative of the guarantor in Gibraltar, and without prejudice to the application of Article 82 of CAU In T2GI from Gibraltar to the DCP, it will be considered sufficient, on a temporary basis, that Gibraltar is among the territories covered by the transit guarantee, without the need for a specific mention of the representative in the text of the guarantee.
However, this temporary solution does not exempt from compliance with the provisions of the aforementioned article, so the appointment of the guarantor's representative must take place as soon as circumstances allow.
which modifies Information Note 01/2026 of January 22 on the digitization of ATA notebooks
On July 8th, from 12:00 to 2:30 pm, a webinar will take place providing information on export, import, transit scenarios and other issues.
Registration will take place at the following link:
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1457 of 29 June 2026 has been published, concerning the allocation of tariff quotas opened pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2026/1384 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the trade-related adverse effects of global excess capacity on the Union steel market and amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2170.
Following a meeting with the European Commission services responsible for the guidelines related to e-commerce changes for July 1, the content of the new regulation published under the title: is hereby withdrawn "Adapting guarantees for e-commerce
We are waiting to receive clear instructions on this matter in the coming days. Until then, the current guarantees can continue to be used.
As reported in Information Note 18/2026 of June 24 from the Department of Customs and Special Taxes, in application of the instructions issued by the European Commission in its guideThe guarantee for the release for free circulation of goods sold at a distance may not benefit from the reduction provided for in other cases for the OAS .
This requires requesting the modification of the guarantee authorizations or requesting a new one without reduction. The Customs office has a deadline of 120 days to resolve requests.
While these issues are being resolved, operations can continue under the current guarantees. Applications must be submitted before July 1st.
Regarding the impact on payment terms and guarantees of the changes introduced in the European Commission's regulations for electronic commerce, which come into force on 1 July 2026
According to art. 172 CAU The regulations applicable to customs formalities are those in force at the time of the acceptance of the customs declaration. In other words, in the case of pre-declarations, it will be the time of presentation of the goods, not the time when the pre-declaration is sent. Therefore, preH7 devices launched before July 1st, which are activated after that date, will be subject to the new regulations approving the fixed tariff of 3 euros. Since the pre-declaration will be sent before the declaration changes come into effect, an automatic computer process will be used to make the necessary modifications to the declared codes and calculate the tariff.
Which modifies Information Note 13/2026 relating to the suspension of inward processing authorizations for raw cane sugar intended for the production of white sugar
From tomorrow, June 24, the responses to the H1 import declarations of the IOSS VAT regime will incorporate the VAT tax (B00) with the taxable base even if the quota remains zero.