Committees
Within the scope of the working sessions and committee meetings, the FTA offers its members the possibility for an exchange of ideas and experiences in all questions concerning customs and foreign trade law, handling of imports as well as trade policy.
Moreover, these meetings offer the opportunity to agree among the members on strategies how to deal with fundamental questions of foreign trade policy.
The committee work will enable us to make our voice better heard in public and therefore strengthen the position of the European trade in general.
Legal Affairs Commitee
The Legal Affairs Commitee deals in particular with
- General legal problems related to foreign trade
- EU Anti-Dumping policy
- WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
- Actual anti-dumping cases with relevance for European commerce
- Competition policy, parallel imports
- International legal problems in the context of e-commerce
- Legal problems related to environment and consumer issues
- International and European standards
Customs & Procedures Committee
The Customs & Procedures Committee deals in particular with
- International customs policy
- Harmonisation and electronisation of European customs procedures
- Tariffication and binding tariff information
- Importers good faith
- Harmonisation of rules of origin
- Problems in connection with national application of EU customs regulations
- Customs value in the WTO and EC customs code
Trade Policy Committee
The Trade Policy Committee deals in particular with
- General trade policy, World Trade Organisation, especially
- trade in goods and services, market access
- trade facilitation
- non-tariff barriers to trade
- trade and investment
- trade and environment, REACH
- dispute settlement system
- Textile trade policy/the time after the ATC
- Trade and social standards, Corporate Social Responsibility