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BREXIT AGREEMENT LAYS DOWN DETAILED ORIGIN RULES FOR EU/UK DUTY FREE FIBRE AND FABRIC TRADES



Detailed rules of origin have been approved within the new European Union-UK Brexit trade deal specifying what manufacturing processes should be applied to quality natural and man-made fibres and fabrics covered by the agreement’s duty-free provisions.

A key benefit of the text is that goods sold between the EU and UK should not attract import duties, but such products must have been substantially transformed either within Britain or remaining EU member states.…

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PAINT AND COATINGS COMPANIES WILL HOPE EU AND UK WILL FOLLOW UP BREXIT DEAL GOAL OF SHARING CHEMICAL DATA



 

THE COATINGS industry within the European Union (EU) and the UK will be awaiting the outcome of additional consultations over the exchange of technical information on chemicals as the Christmas Eve EU/UK trade agreement is rolled out.

These are provided for within the 1,256 page text, which has sparked concerns from the British Coatings Federation (BCF) about major costs for UK manufacturers as they gather data to comply with a new UK REACH chemical control system.…

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BREXIT AGREEMENT LAYS DOWN DETAILED ORIGIN RULES FOR EU/UK DUTY FREE NONWOVENS TRADES



Detailed rules of origin have been approved within the new European Union-UK Brexit trade deal specifying what manufacturing processes should be applied to nonwovens products covered by the agreement’s duty-free provisions.

A key benefit of the text is that goods sold between the EU and UK should not attract import duties, but such products must have been substantially transformed either within Britain or remaining EU member states.…

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OP-ED: BOREDOM OPENS THE DOOR TO ISOLATION, DEPRESSION, AND TERRORISM – SO OFFER ALTERNATIVES



WHEN governments talk about how to reduce the risk of terrorism, the most oft-voiced policies are security-based: detecting and cracking down on extremist cells and targeting online propaganda.

But the reality is that a more effective way of reducing societies’ exposure to criminal groups seeking to achieve political ends through violence and fear is simply to make regular life more interesting.…

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EU/UK BREXIT DEAL INCLUDES DETAILED COMMITMENTS ON ANTI-FRAUD COOPERATION



THE NEW trade and cooperation agreement struck on Christmas Eve by the European Union (EU) and the UK will preserve significant cooperation on anti-fraud matters. The 1,256 pages long agreement includes detailed provisions on exchanging criminal records, evidence, fingerprints, vehicle registration records and more.…

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NEW BREXIT DEAL DELIVERS FOOD AND DRINK FREE TRADE, BUT AT COST OF NEW RED TAPE



While the new European Union (EU)-UK trade deal delivering the post-Brexit trading relationship between Britain and the EU has preserved a good measure of free trade for food and drink, the agreement introduces fresh red tape that maybe costly.

The deal allows for quota and duty free trades in food and drink between the EU and the UK.…

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EU AND UK ATTEMPT TO EASE DISRUPTION FROM BREXIT DIVORCE THROUGH DETAILED AVIATION COOPERATION AGREEMENTS



 

WHILE the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) will bring significant change to civil aviation across Europe, extensive air industry provisions within the 1,256-page EU/UK trade and cooperation agreement agreed on Christmas Eve, means that significant disruption has been avoided.…

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NEW EU/UK BREXIT AGREEMENT AUTHORISES FUTURE COOPERATION TO FIGHT FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING



THE NEW trade and cooperation agreement struck on Christmas Eve by the European Union (EU) and the UK will preserve significant cooperation on anti-fraud and anti-money laundering matters. Keith Nuthall reports.

 

CRIME prevention managers and security officials within major companies will be relieved that there has been any agreement at all between the UK and the EU, as the transition period binding Britain to European law expired on January 1.…

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BREXIT AGREEMENT EASES WORST FEARS OF EU/UK DAIRY SECTORS, BUT TRADE RED TAPE STILL A CONCERN



THE EUROPEAN and British dairy sectors are holding their breath, waiting to see if their producers can cope with the rules of origin, plus sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) red tape requirements required for UK-European Union (EU) dairy trades under the new EU-UK trade agreement.…

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EU LAUNCHES FIRST ‘EUDAMED’ MODULE, BUT MDR/IVDR BOTTLENECK REMAINS



THE EUROPEAN Commission on Tuesday (December 1) launched the first component of its behind-schedule IT system for registering certified medical devices, but an ongoing regulatory bottleneck could render many products impossible to certify for some time.

The first of six modules of its EUDAMED system will assign a ‘single registration number’ (SRN) to each medical device manufacturer, producer of procedure kits, importer, and a European Union (EU)-based representative of non-EU manufacturers.…

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