The following is excerpted from the 16 December 2013 news item by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA.
The European Commission proposed Dec. 13 a directive that specifies acts that would have to be considered infringements of the European Union’s customs rules as well as a framework for imposing punitive sanctions. The Commission states that this proposal would ensure that violations of the updated Union Customs Code, which sets forth the customs rules and procedures that will be applied throughout the EU beginning in 2016, are properly and more uniformly penalized.
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http://www.strtrade.com/news-publications-EU-customs-law-violation-penalties-121613.html