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We support businesses of all sizes, to manage all aspects of imposing compliance obligations on those doing business in Europe. The pace of change is inexorable. Regulation changes are generally long-term but change still tends to creep up on us.
Eurocentrum Consultants help identify which new developments or new practices are going to impact your business and support those new to trading with Europe. Our vision is to build confidence and upskill compliance teams in Trade and Customs so they can manage risk before issues occur and enable their businesses and compliance expertise to thrive.
We partner and co-create with our clients to ask and answer the right questions to deliver compliance together.
Eurocentrum’s news section provides the latest news on policies and politics of interest to the EU and non-EU companies, ensuring that businesses stay informed and up-to-date on the latest developments in the region that may impact their ability to trade smoothly. The news section covers a range of topics, including press releases, statements, and highlights from EU institutions and national capitals.
The numbers look reassuring. In 2020, OLAF and its partners seized over 368 million contraband cigarettes destined for illegal sale in the EU. Joint operations across ten European countries have dismantled major smuggling networks. International training programmes stretch from Brussels to Cambodia.
For years, it was possible to treat the major compliance disciplines as parallel tracks. Customs sat with the trade team. Data protection sat with legal. Cybersecurity sat with IT. AI governance – to the extent anyone worried about it at all – sat with the innovation team, or with nobody in particular.
Negotiations for the EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded on 24 March 2026. After eight years of talks, this is a significant moment. But it is important to be precise about what “concluded” actually means – and what it does not.