02 October 2026
CUSTOMS ECOSYSTEM CONGRESS TO FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING EU CUSTOMS REFORM
With the new Union Customs Code adopted, attention is turning to how the reform will work in practice. The Customs Ecosystem Congress, taking place in Liège on 14 October 2026, will bring together EU institutions, customs administrations, trade associations, practitioners and academia to discuss the next steps.
02 October 2026
CLECAT CALLS FOR A COORDINATED APPROACH TO PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
EU rules on restricted goods need to work for the people handling shipments at the border. That was CLECAT’s message at a CustomsClear online roundtable on 24 September 2026.
02 October 2026
COMMISSION SETS UNION HANDLING FEE AT EUR 2 PER ITEM
On 21 September, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2108 establishing the Union Customs Code, which sets the amount of the Union handling fee at EUR 2 per item.
02 October 2026
CLECAT JOINS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATES ON EUROPE’S TRANSPORT FUTURE
The CLECAT team attended several high-level sessions at Connecting Europe Days, covering military mobility, infrastructure resilience, zero-emission transport and safe and secure truck parking.
02 October 2026
CLECAT CALLS FOR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNTEMISSIONSEU
Turning transport emissions accounting into a useful tool for business decisions was the focus of the session “Making transport emissions count with CountEmissionsEU” at Connecting Europe Days on 30 September in Brussels.
02 October 2026
VON DER LEYEN CALLS FOR A “TRUE TRANSPORT UNION” AT CONNECTING EUROPE DAYS
“It is time to build a true Transport Union,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in her opening speech at Connecting Europe Days 2026.
02 October 2026
CLECAT SETS OUT PRIORITIES FOR EU ETS REVISION: SAFEGUARDING CONNECTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS
CLECAT has adopted its position paper on the European Commission’s proposal to revise the EU Emissions Trading System.
18 September 2026
EASA REPORT CONFIRMS 2025 SAF TARGET ACHIEVED
A report published by EASA has confirmed that the 2025 SAF target under ReFuelEU Aviation has been achieved.
18 September 2026
CONTAINER RATES APPROACH PANDEMIC HIGHS AS SERVICE RELIABILITY DETERIORATES
Container shipping costs are approaching levels last seen during the COVID-19 crisis, whilst schedule reliability deteriorates.
18 September 2026
MEMBER STATES BACK ADDING EGYPTIAN PORTS TO ETS ANTI-EVASION LIST