French & EU Trade and Customs Law Firm

The Firm

Based in Paris and Brussels, Fendler Salva Partners offers a unique approach on French and EU trade and customs matters, combining legal perspective with strategic and economic vision, to support our clients’ international operations.

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Expertise

In an ever-evolving trade environment, we help our clients preserve, secure and streamline their international operations with comprehensive expertise in five key areas: customs regulations, economic sanctions and export control, trade defence, product compliance and litigation.

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The Team

Fendler Salva Partners comprises a team of qualified lawyers registered at the Paris and the Brussels bars, whose complementary experience and skills drive a  dynamic, responsive, and pragmatic approach. Our team develops agile and tailored solutions to address our clients’ needs and challenges.

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News & Publications

CBAM: Clearer rules as the first financial deadlines approach

With the publication of new guidelines, the European Commission is clarifying the methods for calculating and verifying emissions and updating default values. While the first purchases of CBAM certificates will begin in February 2027, an extension of the mechanism to additional downstream products is already being considered for 2028. Meanwhile, draft Chinese regulations on the protection of trade secrets raise the possibility of restrictions that could potentially block the transfer of carbon emissions data needed to calculate actual emissions. Against a backdrop of stricter customs enforcement in France, uncertainty over access to data and approaching financial deadlines, importers must anticipate their compliance obligations and associated costs more than ever.
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The 21st Package of European Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus: Between Judicial Protection for European Operators and the Assertion of Ever-Broader Extraterritoriality

Adopted on July 23, 2026, by the Council of the European Union, the 21st sanctions package against Russia and Belarus contains innovative and strong measures that symbolize the evolution of European sanctions law: protection for European operators against proceedings initiated in Russia, reaffirmation of the extraterritoriality of European sanctions, autonomous categories of sensitive goods and technologies subject to export controls, and the development of enhanced export controls to third countries, heavily inspired by U.S. export control regimes.
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New US tariffs under Section 301 (forced labour) on European exports cannot be combined with those under the Turnberry Agreement 

Since 24 July, the United States has been applying new additional import duties, based on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, to goods originating in 60 countries , which the US administration accuses of failing to ban imports of products made using forced labour or, in some cases, of failing to effectively enforce such a ban, even though it exists. For products originating in the European Union, the additional duty is calibrated to bring the cumulative rate of the most-favoured-nation duty and the new Section 301 duty to 10 per cent. The measure effectively replaces the temporary duties under Section 122 of the same Act, which were also set at 10 per cent and were due to expire on the same day.
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