New EU Customs Code: what’s changing for operators

The new EU Customs Code will come into force gradually between next year and 2034, and some parts of it will be optional for a few years before becoming mandatory. However, it is important to start understanding how to adapt, if only because operators’ responsibilities will extend to ensuring that products comply with all European standards and to verifying the information provided by suppliers. Not to mention that it is precisely these optional periods that will be crucial for fine-tuning organisational arrangements, resolving in advance the issues that could most seriously hamper competitiveness.

That is why the experts at *Il Sole 24 Ore*, in the *Focus Norme e Tributi* supplement available at newsagents with the Thursday 29 October edition of the newspaper, explain what has changed compared with the current Code. This applies both to the tools introduced by the EU, such as the European Digital Customs Centre, and to the regulations, such as those concerning infringements and crisis management.