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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.
A new Netherlands measure, taking effect on 22 September 2026, prohibits the import, purchase and sale of goods originating in unlawful Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, together with services that facilitate that trade. It also prohibits brokering and circumvention of the ban.
Switzerland and China have finished negotiating a revised free trade agreement that promises near-total duty-free access. Here is what has actually changed today, and what compliance teams still need to watch before it does.
Rotterdam handled 397 million tonnes of freight in 2024, more than any other port in the European Union and equal to 11.8% of all freight tonnage moved through EU ports that year, according to Eurostat. That is more than Antwerp-Bruges (244 million tonnes) and Hamburg (97 million tonnes) combined.