This two-day advanced-level course is designed to give participants a tho-rough grounding in the legal fundamentals underlying the EU import and ex-port process, to explain the complicated division of legal and operational re-sponsibilities between the EU and member states, and to provide an in-depth and comprehensive primer on the rights and obligations of companies en-gaged in trade with the EU. Led by Michael Lux, one of the prime movers behind the EU’s customs legislation and regulation for the last decade, this event represents a unique opportunity for North American-based trade ex-perts and corporate compliance managers to gain insight into what is often viewed as a complex and confusing body of regulation directly affecting the bottom lines of many American-based multinationals.

The presentation of topics is designed for a North American audience, with similarities and differences between the regulatory environments of the EU and the US being highlighted. EU legislation will be in primary focus, while practical aspects of the interplay between the EU and the individual member state will be covered, as will opportunities for cost savings and best practices. Special attention will be paid to recent developments under the EU security amendments, and an overview of upcoming changes under the EU Moder-nized Customs Code. The agenda is intended to allow ample time for discus-sion and questions throughout.

Course Overview

Day 1: Fundamentals and Import 1

1. Fundamentals of the EU legal environment

a. EU governmental organs & their roles and responsibilities

b. Legislative and regulatory process

c. Relation of EU law and regulation to national law and regulation

2. EU vs. Member State: division of responsibilities in import processes

a. Tax: VAT, customs duties, and excise

b. Guarantees/bonds

c. Interpretation of valuation and classification

d. Enforcement and penalty actions

e. Mutual Assistance Between Member States

3. EU Community Customs Code (Import Part 1)

a. Legal basis & Structure

b. Qualification as Economic Operator

c. Import Filing & Customs Procedures

d. Substantive Customs Law: Classification, Value, Duties, Customs Debt

e. Practical Aspects: Duty-Saving Opportunities

Day 2: EU Community Customs Code (Import 2 & Export)

a. Origin and Preferential Arrangements

b. VAT & excise in import process

c. Security Amendment (including AEO & pre-arrival/departure messaging)

d. Single Authorization for Simplified Procedures (SASP)

e. Responsibilities of MS

i. Local Customs Office

ii. Enforcement

iii. Regulatory Interpretation

f. Practical aspects (including use of agents/customs service providers)

4. EU Community Customs Code (Export)

a. Overview of export filing obligations

b. VAT implications

c. Role of export controls in export filing and release process

d. Infractions and penalties

5. Modernized Community Customs Code

a. Summary of changes in MCC

b. Timetable for implementation

c. Practical implications

SPECIAL MASTER CLASS

EU Customs Law & Practice A Comprehensive Guide to EU Customs Legislation for Trade Professionals and Senior Compliance Managers

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Lecturer

Michael Lux Head of Unit, Customs Directorate, European

Commission (TAXUD)

Brussels, Belgium

A noted attorney and senior member of the EU

Commission’s TAXUD department for more than 20

years, Michael Lux was initially responsible for

management of the EU database for customs tariff

and other external trade measures, later taking over

responsibility for tariff quotas, tariff suspensions, tariff

preferences and customs procedures with economic

impact, and was promoted to Head of Unit, Common

Customs Tariff, in 1998. He was named head of the

Customs Legislation unit in late 2000, and is currently

head of Customs Procedures unit. He has been a

driving force behind a number of key modernization

initiatives, including the simplification and alignment

of customs procedures with economic impact across

the Community, the 2006 changes related to security

in the Community Customs Code which brought AEO

into being, the electronic declaration programs

currently in the implementation stage, and is one of

the primary architects of the Modernized Community

Customs Code scheduled to go into effect in 2013.

Mr. Lux has lectured widely on customs and

international trade law for over 30 years, and has

published numerous articles and commentaries in this

area, as well as the noted book "Guide to Community

Customs Legislation" (2002, Bruylant, Brussels).

Moderated by

Bryce Blegen CEO, Trusted Trade Alliance, Washington, USA

Bryce Blegen is CEO of Trusted Trade Alliance LLC, a

global group of advisors in the customs and trade field

headquartered in Vancouver, WA. Mr. Blegen served

as Global Customs Counsel and Regional Director of

Customs, Europe at Delphi Corporation, and prior to

joining Delphi, he spent 10 years at Robert Bosch, as

Senior Counsel in the company’s corporate legal de-

partment at Bosch’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Ger-

many, after serving as Manager, International Trade

and Assistant General Counsel for Bosch’s North

American operations. An attorney specializing in glob-

al customs compliance and trade issues, Mr. Blegen

has been active for the past 15 years in spearheading

customs simplification and trade facilitation initiatives

in the U.S., Mexico, Europe and China.

Dates

Tues. & Wed., March 8-9, 2011

Location

Hilton BWI Airport, Linthicum Hgts, MD

Cost

$995 for the two-day course (includes

breaks, lunches and extensive course

materials)