Customs

Lawyers at FratiniVergano have long-standing experience in advising Governments and private parties on issues related to customs.

In particular, we advise Governments, producers’ associations, multinational corporations and exporters on customs procedures and classification, preferential rules of origin and duty suspension applications.

Above all, we are familiar with the rules and provisions of the EU Customs Code, the EU rules of origin and its preferential tariff regimes.

On customs procedures and classification, we have provided legal advice and assistance to companies before the European Commission and EU Member States’ customs authorities.

We have advised on general EU customs law and on the use of EUR.1 Movement Certificates and application of preferential EU rules of origin.

In addition, we have advised exporters to the EU on customs classification issues and the use of binding tariff information (BTI) certificates with respect to poultry importation into the EU.  

In relation to the same market access problem, we were also later involved in the ensuing WTO case (i.e., the EC-Chicken Classification case), where we provided advice on certain procedural issues of EU customs law.

On rules of origin, we have advised a major European trade association in the textiles sector on issues related to rules of origin and product traceability.

In addition, we have provided assistance to the Government of Mongolia in order to allow its producers and exporters to take full advantage of Mongolia’s status of GSP+ country vis-à-vis the EU.

Lawyers at FratiniVergano have also successfully assisted a multinational corporation in its application for a duty suspension by the EU in relation to a specific chemical product.

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