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Newsletters | 04 March 2022
DG MOVE PUBLISHES GUIDANCE ON CABOTAGE RULES
The European Commission has published this week a set of Questions and Answers on the rules of cabotage under Regulation (EC) 1072/2009. The Q&A covers the new rules on cabotage introduced by Regulation (EU) 2020/1055 which entered into force on 21st February 2022.
Newsletters | 04 March 2022
US PRESIDENT BIDEN ADRESSES ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR IN SHIPPING
On 1st March, US President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union speech new steps to address the anti-competitive behaviour of ocean carriers. The measures which aim at lowering rates and levelling the playing field in ocean shipping were published in a White House briefing on 28 February.
Newsletters | 04 March 2022
CLECAT POSITION PAPER ON AN EU TOOLBOX AGAINST COUNTERFEITING
On 3 March, CLECAT submitted its position paper in response to the call for evidence on the EU toolbox against counterfeiting, expressing its support of the Commission’s intention to set up an EU toolbox to step up the fight against counterfeiting. CLECAT welcomes the introduction of an EU Toolbox based on reported practices and principles developed in the context of various industry-led initiatives.
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Newsletters | 25 February 2022
ITRE DRAFT REPORT ON RED AND EED
On 14 February, the ITRE Committee published the draft report on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, prepared by MEP Markus Pieper (EPP, Germany). The report aims to reduce red tape in the uptake of renewable energy and the deployment of renewable energy infrastructure. It includes provisions to make Member States invest in and support at least two cross-border projects related to clean energy supply or transmission.
Newsletters | 25 February 2022
GLOBAL TRADE HITS RECORD HIGH
The UNCTAD’s Global Trade Update, published on 17 February, shows that world trade in goods remained strong in 2021 and trade in services finally returned to its pre-COVID-19 levels. All major trading economies saw imports and exports rise above pre-pandemic levels in the fourth quarter of 2021, with trade in goods increasing more strongly in the developing world than in developed countries.
Newsletters | 25 February 2022
FIVE YEARS OF GLOBAL TRADE FACILITATION
The 22nd of February marked the fifth anniversary of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, a landmark agreement that aims to deliver faster and easier trade. Since 2017, the TFA has paved the way for supply chain resilience, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newsletters | 25 February 2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSES DATA ACT
On 23 February, the European Commission proposed the Data Act, containing rules on who can use and access data generated in the EU across all economic sectors. The Data Act shall ensure fairness in the digital environment, stimulate a competitive data market, open opportunities for data-driven innovation and make data more accessible for all.
Newsletters | 25 February 2022
UNECE PUBLISHES STANDARDS FOR THE DIGITALISATION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT DATA AND DOCUMENT EXCHANGE
UNECE and its subsidiary body, the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) have published a set of aligned standards for the digitalisation of intermodal transport data exchanges to support global supply chain cargo movements. These standards comprise technical specifications and supporting tools: data subsets of the UN/CEFACT Multimodal Transport Reference Data Model (MMT RDM), XSD schemas, data structures, etc., for key documents accompanying goods transported in movements across one or more of the five key modes of transport.