On 22 July 2022, the European Commission published a public consultation and call for evidence to seek views from citizens and stakeholders on the upcoming reform of the EU Customs Union, which will be proposed by the end of 2022.
This reform will have a wide and deep impact on the safety of goods in our Single Market, the protection of EU requirements in all policy areas, regional and global supply-chains, and, crucially, EU crisis-management and security.
In recent years, however, EU Customs has reached its limit in fulfilling its role fully and effectively. An increasing number of EU policies to control at the border, changes in trade and technology, and new and emerging supply chain challenges have highlighted the limitations and flaws in the current EU Customs framework.
”….to take the Customs Union to the next level, equipping it with a stronger framework that will allow us to better protect our citizens and our single market.”
President Von Der Leyen
The Commission will come forward with proposals for a Customs reform package , to put this pledge into action.
The public consultation and call for evidence launched today will remain open until 14 September. Views and experiences are sought from all interested parties, such as businesses in the area of customs, including SMEs, customs authorities, national authorities in relevant areas, consumers and academics.
The consultation builds on previous preparatory work in this area, including the recommendations made by the Wise Persons Group on the Future of Customs finalised earlier this year, as well as the Future of Customs in the EU 2040 foresight process. I and my colleagues habe been heavily involved in these initiatives.
The public consultation and call for evidence are available here: EU Consultstion
Did you know that 80% of the global goods trade is transported over sea? Given the scale of human consumption, this requires an enormous number of shipping containers, as well as ships to carry them.
At an industry level, container shipping is dominated by several very large firms. This includes Maersk, COSCO Shipping, and Evergreen. If you live along the coast, you’ve probably seen ships or containers with these names painted on them.
Generally speaking, however, consumers know very little about these businesses. This graphic aims to change that by ranking the 10 largest container shipping companies in the world.
Read the entire article here: Ranked: The World’s Largest Container Shipping Companies
Source: vidual Capaitaoust/Mike Poverello/https://mpoverello.com/
We are – again, back after the pandemic, spending our summer in Boulouris-sur-mer outside Saint-Raphaël, Côte d’Azur between Cannes and Saint Tropez.
We have been here sine 2010 and we love it. This is the first year we could bring the dogs down with us.
We have great friends and neigbors here, we are literally on the Mediterranean beach, close to the local market.
We love it here. Bon vacance!
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