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16 May 2025
CLECAT Newsletter 2025/17
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16 May 2025
EU AGREES ON NEW VAT APPROACH FOR E-COMMERCE IMPORTS
EU finance ministers have reached a political agreement on a new VAT framework for e-commerce imports, aimed at enhancing the Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS). The revised approach seeks to simplify VAT declaration and payment, ease administrative burdens for importers, and strengthen enforcement against VAT fraud.
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16 May 2025
PARLIAMENT OPPOSES WITHDRAWAL OF EU AIRPORT SLOTS PROPOSAL
The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) has expressed its opposition to the European Commission’s intention to withdraw its long-standing proposal to reform the slot allocation system at EU airports.
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16 May 2025
EUROPEAN ROAD FREIGHT RATES DECLINE IN Q1 2025
The latest Upply x Ti x IRU European road freight rates index, which was presented in a webinar this week, reveals a notable decline in both contract and spot rates for Q1 2025. Contract rates fell by 2.3 points quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), while spot rates dropped more sharply by 3.8 points q-o-q.
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16 May 2025
SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY OFFERS DISCOUNTS TO ATTRACT SHIPS
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has introduced a new initiative to bring container ships back to the Suez Canal. Responding to requests from shipowners and operators, and due to recent improvements in the security situation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, the SCA is offering a 15% discount on tolls for large container ships. This discount applies to container ships of 130,000 net tonnage or more, whether they are carrying cargo or not.
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16 May 2025
ESPO CONFERENCE IN THESSALONIKI ON FUTURE OF EUROPEAN PORTS
CLECAT joined last week as a guest to the 21st annual ESPO Conference, held in Thessaloniki on 8–9 May, where European port authorities, industry leaders, and policymakers gathered to discuss the evolving role of ports in a time of geopolitical upheaval and accelerating sustainability demands.
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16 May 2025
EU IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN SHADOW FLEET
The European Union has agreed on the 17th sanctions package against Russia, which will be formally adopted by the Council of the EU next week. These sanctions aim to limit Russia's war economy by targeting its shadow fleet. The new measures were proposed by the Commission in April and come as Russia continues to block a 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine has already agreed to.
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16 May 2025
MEPS DISCUSS EU MILITARY MOBILITY PLANS
On 14 May, the European Parliament's Committees on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Security and Defence (SEDE) organised a joint hearing on military mobility. Military and policy experts were invited to share their views on the current state and future prospects of military mobility in the EU.
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16 May 2025
CLECAT TO JOIN 2025 ITF SUMMIT ON TRANSPORT RESILIENCE
CLECAT will participate in the 2025 Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF), taking place from 21 to 23 May in Leipzig, Germany, under the Chilean Presidency of the ITF.
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09 May 2025
CLECAT Newsletter 2025/16