Assosped Venezia and Anasped have organized for the next 28 February from 4.30 p.m. at the Hotel Belstay in Marghera (Venice) a conference addressed to all customs brokers and freight forwarding companies focused on two very important issues and topical. The first concerns the application of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism at borders), i.e. the European Union regulation on environmental customs duties on products with high greenhouse gas emissions imported into the EU, in particular imports of cement, iron, steel, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity, hydrogen. The first phase, which is transitional, is in place from October 2023 and will enter into force definitively in 2026 or 2027.

The regulation provides for two stages of application: "transitional", which began with the date of entry into force of the rule on October 1, 2023 and will end on December 31, 2025. During this transitional period, the levy will not be applied to imported goods, but they will only be acquired Information on the quantities of the incoming products that are subject to the CBAM, including the assessment of embodied emissions. In This phase will begin the authorisation of the obliged entities by competent authorities National. This will be followed by the "definitive" phase, from the 1 January 2026, when the mechanism will become operational definitively. During the first phase, the operators identified in Article 2 of the Implementing Regulation, Reg. (EU) 2023/1773 (the importer or indirect representative), will be required to collect data on a quarterly basis and transmit it to the European Commission.

As a result of technical problems encountered in logging in and functioning of the CBAM transitional register, the Commission has made note that, as of February 1, 2024, it has been made A new feature is available on the Transient Register which allows registrants, within the established terms and conditions, the Commission, the opportunity to submit the report CBAM beyond the deadline of 31 January 2024 scheduled for the first four-month period of application (October 2023-January 2024).

Closely related to the application of the new regulation, There is the question of direct or indirect representation in Customs will be the second topic of the conference. Representation at customs means the possibility of be represented by another party in view of the completion of the customs formalities. There are two types of representation, as provided for by the Italian Civil Code: in the case of direct representation, the representative shall act on behalf of and on behalf of third parties - and indirectly - in the case of indirect representation The representative acts in his own name and on behalf of others. The The type of representation clearly affects the obligations that the Doganalyst assumes both towards the client and the of the Customs and Monopolies Agency.

During the conference, he will talk about these topics lawyer Sara Armella after Andrea's greetings and introduction Scarpa, president of Assosped Venezia, by Marco Corda, president Venice Customs Brokers Association, by Massimo De Gregorio, president of Anasped, and Franco Letrari, interregional director Customs and Monopolies Agency of Veneto and Friuli VeneziaGiulia.