Tag: parcels
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EU Delivery Act: Europe’s parcel market faces restructuring
The European Commission is working on a new legal framework for the delivery market: the EU Delivery Act. The public consultation (‘Call for Evidence’) runs until 5 March. From SKR AG’s perspective, this phase will determine how competition and investment in the European parcel market will function in the future. “We are talking about regulation,…
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Millions of parcels, hardly any controls: Flat-rate customs duty falls short
The large-scale EU-wide customs control operation published in early January makes one thing clear: a significant proportion of e-commerce goods shipped directly from third countries to EU consumers do not comply with European product and safety standards. Shipments from China are particularly affected. “These figures are not a one-off anomaly – they reflect a structural…