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Keladis cases: the CJEU firmly restricts the use of EU statistical data in customs valuation

In the Keladis cases, the CJEU strictly circumscribes the use of “acceptable minimum prices” derived from European statistical databases, notably those disseminated by the European Anti-Fraud Office. It recalls that such data can never, on their own, displace the transaction value and may be relied upon only as a measure of last resort, in compliance with the hierarchy of valuation methods and subject to strict safeguards.

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Fragmentation and regulatory inflation: Customs Law and International Trade at the heart of geopolitical challenges

The successive crises that international trade has faced in recent years have reshaped supply chains. Once a secondary concern for businesses after the rise of liberal globalisation driven by the 1994 Marrakech Agreements, the management of customs risks has now become a differentiating factor and a driver of competitiveness. On top of this come the risks inherent to regulatory enforcement.

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Preferential origin – Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention: the end of a unified model and the emergence of a fragmented framework as of 1 January 2026

As from 1 January 2026, the PEM framework will no longer operate as a coherent whole. Instead, it will be structured around two distinct regimes: (i) partners applying the revised PEM rules; and (ii) partners remaining subject to the 2012 rules or former bilateral protocols. For companies, this evolution leads to a significant increase in complexity.

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