The EUR 2 EU handling fee is now live
The live EU handling fee, definitive PET Spunbond duties, recycled-plastic customs documents and steel wire rope registration.
- E-commerce
- Trade measures
- Packaging
The Declarant Brief
Publications
Archive updated 4 November 2026
The EU border changes constantly. The Declarant Brief picks out the developments that can alter a declaration, a supplier request or the cost of an import, then links each point to the source behind it.
Bio-based packaging may be next in the EU rulebook
The PPWR bio-based packaging consultation, a sanctions renewal, steel evidence and the next EU border deadlines for importers.
- Packaging
- Sanctions
- Steel
The EU is sanctioning the route, broker and payment chain
New Russia circumvention listings, a practical CBAM customs guide, the EUR 2 handling fee and the dates border teams need to prepare for.
- Sanctions
- CBAM
- E-commerce
Armenia tariff relief now depends on the origin file
New Armenian tariff preferences, 1,569 Russia listings, registered Sinopec PVA imports and the EU border deadlines that need an evidence check.
- Origin
- Sanctions
- Trade measures
The Q3 CBAM certificate price is EUR 82.32
The Q3 CBAM price, mandatory e-commerce product identifiers, live steel proof and a Russian semi-finished steel quota change.
- CBAM
- E-commerce
- Steel
The EU Customs Reform is now law
The new Union Customs Code is in force, steel evidence changes today, CBAM verifier tools go live and pea-protein duties become definitive.
- Customs reform
- Steel
- CBAM
A new EU safeguard reaches inside the transformer
New steel quotas and price floors, a three-year Russia sanctions renewal, the EUDR scope revision and TiO2 surveillance.
- Steel
- Trade measures
- Origin
EU steel melt-and-pour evidence: 1 October 2026
Evidence for EU steel imports from 1 October 2026: Mill Test Certificates, country of melt and pour, heat numbers and a practical file checklist.
- Steel
- CBAM
- Trade measures
CBAM verification is becoming an evidence problem
New verifier rules, an updated Registry manual, packaging obligations and two trade-defence measures to check.
- CBAM
- Packaging
- Trade measures
What you will find here
Each edition opens with one development worth acting on, followed by three shorter changes, a deadline radar and links to primary sources. The archive keeps every issue at a permanent address, so it can be cited and shared without searching through an inbox.
These are dated briefings, not a substitute for current TARIC data or legal advice. For topic-led explanations, visit the customs guides.