Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD)

The Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union has to manage, defend and develop the customs unon as an essential part of securing the outer borders of the European Union.

The main tasks are:

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    to eliminate fiscal obstacles that hinder trade between member states
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    to actively engage in international developments in the field of customs and taxes
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    to encourage cooperation between member states to combat fraud
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    to maintain contact with concerned parties
 

Contents

  1. Legislative proposals in negotiation
  2. Legislation currently being implemented
  3. Legislation in force

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 854 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
22.07.2024  .
Report com(2024)307
 
15.07.2024  .
Decision com(2024)297
 
12.07.2024  .
com(2024)294
 
08.07.2024  .
Directive com(2024)278
 
08.07.2024  .
com(2024)279
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 513 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
16.05.2024  .
Regulation com(2024)201
 
15.05.2024  .
Regulation com(2024)200
 
08.04.2024  .
com(2024)154
 
30.01.2024  Authorisation of Sweden to apply reduced excise duty rates on electricity consumed by households and service sector companies located in certain areas in the North of ...
com(2024)39
 
22.01.2024  Authorisation of Sweden to apply a reduced rate of taxation to electricity directly provided to vessels at berth in a port.
com(2024)18
 

3.

Legislation in force

There are at least 1267 laws or other legal instruments in force that have been previously proposed by this Directorate-General.
Date Title
05.05.2022  Amendment of Regulation 2021/2283 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products.
Regulation com(2022)188
 
27.04.2022  EU position in the World Customs Organization Council in relation to the adoption of a draft amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Harmonized System (HS) Committee.
Decision com(2022)186
 
26.04.2022  Amending regulation 2021/2278 suspending Common Customs Tariff duties referred in 952/2013 on certain agricultural and industrial products.
Regulation com(2022)183
 
01.03.2022  EU position in the EU-CTC Joint Committee established by the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure as regards amendments to that Convention.
Decision com(2022)70
 
20.08.2021  Authorisation of Italy to apply reduced rates of excise duty to gas oil used for heating purposes and to electricity supplied in the municipality of Campione d'Italia.
Directive com(2021)485