PRESS RELEASE
Stream – Avocats & Solicitors, strengthens its workforce, expands its areas of expertise and opens a new office in Bordeaux as of January 1st, 2022. Stream – Avocats & Solicitors, a key player in both consulting and litigation in transport and energy law...
Good news for owners of US-built yachts on 1 January 2022
In May 2021, the tense trade relations between the US and the EU eased and the European Commission issued an implementing regulation n°2021/866, suspending the implementation of additional ad valorem duties on imports of certain US products. These duties had been put...
Autonomous Vessels come to the yachting market : 3 MAY POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND !
You may have a toy or tender that is being commanded from far. Rules applicable on autonomous vessels may be applicable ! On 21st October 2021, new French rules have been enacted on those as autonomous vessels were not taken into account until recently. 1.What is an...
EU REGULATION 2017/821 – New due diligence obligations of EU based importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold.
On January 1, 2021, the EU “conflict minerals” Regulation 2017/821 related to 3 TGs i.e. tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold came in force in the EU. The aim is to ensure that European importers of these materials source them from conflict-affected or high-risk areas...
BREXIT : Two important updates from the EU Commission on means of transport
In a note dated 8 July 2021 from the Directorate of Taxation and Customs (DG TAXUD), the European Commission responds to some of the questions raised by the end of the "Brexit" transition period on 31 December 2020. This note provides examples that can assist with a...
BREXIT : What impacts for the seafarers ?
Following the ratification by the European Parliament of the treaty on its withdrawal, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union on February 1, 2020. It is also considered a third country to the European Union since December 31, 2020, at the end of the...
New EU regulation applicable from 1 June 2021 : A path to the end of the commercial war between US and EU?
According to the EU Commission Implementing Regulation 2018/886 dated 20 June 2018, certain goods with a US origin were subject to additional customs duties upon importation in the EU. According to this regulation, two sets of measures were intended to take place:...
MYBA Tax & Law webinar, April 2021
Freddy Desplanques, partner and head of our Yachting Department has been invited as MYBA’s tax and customs expert for France, with a panel of other experts from different European jurisdictions to the recent Tax and Law Webinar organized by the MYBA, the worldwide...
