28 January 2022

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON EU E-COMMERCE RULES

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on views and experiences regarding the new EU e-commerce rules, as part of its currently ongoing work on revisiting the customs and taxation collection systems for e-commerce (fiscal aspects) and on identifying innovative customs control approaches for e-commerce imports (non-fiscal aspects). All interested stakeholders and consumers are invited to share their needs and perspectives by 10 March 2022.

The public consultation focuses on different e-commerce stakeholders’ views and experiences on the import of e-commerce consignments into the EU, as well as on several policy options that might improve the situation in the future. It is part of a study on an integrated and innovative overhaul of EU rules governing e-commerce transactions from third countries from a customs and taxation perspective.