INCOMING CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER PROMISES TO REVAMP CUSTOMS CODE

EVERY five years, a new European Commission is appointed with the supposed aim of renewing the energy and impetus of the European Union (EU). What are the implications for the fight against commercial crime? Keith Nuthall and Méabh Mc Mahon report from Brussels.GIVEN the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) zeal over reducing commercial counterfeiting, businesses may be encouraged by the priority given to the problem by incoming EU Commissioner for taxation and customs union Pierre Moscovici. Speaking at an interrogative hearing at the European Parliament ...


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