EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

Overall relations Customs relations and cooperation between the EU and Japan are part of the EU’s overall political and economic relations with that country. The Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part contains a number of economic and trade cooperation rules, […]

EU – China customs relations – a foundation for strategic partnership

What is new in the Customs Cooperation with China? The European Commission and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China have reaffirmed their commitment to trade security and facilitation by signing the Strategic Framework for Customs Cooperation 2018-2020 during the EU-China summit held in Brussels on June 2nd of 2017. The implementation of the Framework […]

EU Customs Certificate of Recognition

The Commission launched for the first time in 2019 the “EU Customs Certificate of Recognition initiative for academic customs study programmes (Bachelor/Master level)”. It is a step toward systematic recognition of customs-specific Bachelor and Master study programmes and modules within such programmes. The objective is to equip students with the optimal competencies to engage in – or […]