The protectionist escalation being imposed by the Trump administration is having its immediate effects on international trade. After the American president announced a few months ago tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum imports, many countries have already announced their own tariffs to combat this. The European Union published, a few [...]
The Better Process Control School is the canning course required by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) for the low acid food industry (pH> 4.6), which applies heat treatment and packages products. Thus, canning companies exporting low-acid or acidifying foods must have it. In addition, FDA [...]
Modification of the period of validity of the supplier's declaration over the term for products having preferential originating status Implementing Regulation 2015/2447 of November 24, 2015 has introduced changes to the period of validity of long-term declarations. Whereas under Regulation 1617/2006 they were valid for one year from the date of their extension, [...]
The reform condemns the DDAs, an instrument that allows importers not to have to pay VAT. It penalizes especially SMEs. A recent modification of the VAT regulation, approved last November and which will come into force on January 2016, penalizes the importing SME in relation to the large company and liquidates almost the so-called [...]
