In the May 22 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

The Dutch Senate approved legislation that requires companies to examine and prevent the use of child labor in supply chains, the Netherlands announced on May 14. According to an alert from the Akin Gump law firm, "the Dutch law requires companies doing business in the Netherlands or those who provide goods or services to Dutch consumers -- including only through online means, if there is explicit targeting of the Dutch market -- to assess their supply chains to identify any child labor risks and then develop diligence and action plans to address and mitigate any such risks they find."

In the May 21 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

In the May 20 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

In the May 17 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

The U.K. Department for International Trade is updating its open general export license for export of dual-use goods to European Union member states in case of a no-deal Brexit, it said in a notice. The scope of items ineligible for the license has been amended to align it with EU regulations that will be retained by the U.K. after the country’s withdrawal from the EU, the notice said. The newly ineligible items are listed in Annex IIg to the regulation, and include uranium and nuclear technologies, pathogens, genetically modified organisms and some chemicals, among other things. “This licence will come into force if the UK leaves the EU without a deal,” the notice said.

In the May 16 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

In the May 15 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:

The European Union is ending its antidumping duties imposed on imports of bioethanol from the U.S., it said in a notice. Ending the AD duty order likely wouldn’t cause a recurrence of dumping by U.S. exporters, the EU said. The repeal takes effect May 16. The duties had originally been imposed in 2013 at a rate of €62.30 ($69.80) per metric ton.

The European Union on May 10 published a report on its member states’ procedures for domestic and cross-border value-added tax (VAT) refunds, including for VAT on imports. An EU directive issued in 2006 entitles importers and other purchasers of goods subject to VAT in a member state other than the country where they are established to a refund of that VAT if the goods or services are used for certain purposes. According to the report, 20 EU member states fully comply with the directive, but eight countries -- Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain – have procedures that don’t meet EU requirements. For example, Germany turns down some VAT refunds without explanation, while in some other countries, including Italy and Spain, national authorities can turn down VAT refund requests without explanation.