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European Commission - Taxation and Customs
- Speech by President Barroso on the preparations of the European Council of 22 May
- Commission meets experts on customs controls of transboundary waste shipments
- EU Council adopts VAT derogation for the Czech Republic and Poland
- EU Council of Ministers gives mandate to Commission to negotiate with five non-EU European countries
- EU Council of Ministers adopts conclusions on tax evasion and tax fraud
- MEMO 13/421 - Preparation of Economic and Finance Ministers Council, Brussels, 14 May
- Eurostat 68/2013 - Taxation trends in the European Union - The overall tax-to-GDP ratio in the EU27 up to 38.8% of GDP in 2011 (revised version)
- IP/13/395 - State aid: Commission invites the Netherlands to end selective tax exemption for public companies
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News WTO
- Items proposed for consideration at the next meeting of Dispute Settlement Body
- Lamy: Africa is the growth continent for the 21st century
- OECD and WTO update joint database on trade in value added
- Argentina files dispute against the European Union on biodiesel
- Lamy urges further opening of Europe’s services sector
- Economic engagement with emerging countries key to Europe’s growth — Lamy
- General Council appoints Azevêdo as next Director-General, Lamy pledges smooth transition
- Trade Policy Review: Macao, China
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News WCO
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- Information Repository of Legislation on Border Measures for Counterfeiting and Piracy - 2012
- Flow charts on border enforcement procedures
- Drugs and Chemical Precursors
- Partners
- Global communication tool for Green Customs
- WCO’s Role in combating environmental crime
- Electronic Crime
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European Commission – External trade
- EU meets Eastern and Southern African partners to discuss EPA implementation May 15, 2013
- Statement by EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on mobile telecommunications networks from China May 15, 2013
- EU welcomes appointment of Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo as next WTO Director General May 8, 2013
- Ontario’s Energy programme: EU welcomes WTO ruling in support of clean energy May 6, 2013
- Joint Statement by HR/VP Catherine Ashton and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht following the recent building collapse in Bangladesh May 2, 2013
- Trade Defence Statistics covering the first three months of 2013 May 2, 2013
- Latest Trade Defence Report highlights Commission successes but shows trading partners continuing to launch new cases April 29, 2013
Case law of the European Court of Justice
- 60/2013 : 17 May 2013 - Judgment of the General Court in cases T-146/09, T-147/09, T-148/09, T-154/09 May 17, 2013
- 59/2013 : 16 May 2013 - Order of the General Court in case T-198/12 May 16, 2013
- 58/2013 : 8 May 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-508/11 P May 8, 2013
- 57/2013 : 8 May 2013 - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-197/11, C-203/11 May 8, 2013
- 56/2013 : 7 May 2013 - Information May 7, 2013