Nová legislativa EU v rámci boje s odlesňováním – změny v TARICu

New EU legislation to combat deforestation - TARIC changes

Due to the turbulent developments regarding the postponement of the application of the EUDR, we have skipped in our articles the changes in TARIC (the European Union's integrated tariff) that will be of particular interest to importers and their customs agents. However, as we mentioned in our article on the pending deferral of applicability HERE, we recommend vigorously continuing to prepare for the new obligations.

The basis of the TARIC modifications is the creation of a new code (C716), which, when used at import, will be used by the importer to declare that he holds a due diligence statement. The other newly created codes serve mainly to indicate that the EUDR does not apply to importers for various specific reasons.

In this respect, importers will be particularly interested in the new code (Y129), which will be used to consider that the imported goods are not covered by the EUDR despite the fact that they are among the relevant products listed in Annex I of the EUDR.

The reason why some of the relevant products are not covered by the EUDR is that, although they qualify under a Combined Nomenclature code, they are obtained or produced from commodities other than the relevant commodities listed in the Regulation (cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya, wood). Examples are certain natural rubbers or synthetic rubber products or rattan products.

For more detailed information, please contact the author of this article or other members of the EY team with whom you work.

Author:

Jakub Kašuba