Proceedings of the International Customs Conference of Shanghai (1^th to 2^nd September 2010), are available on the web site of the EU Commission. Reaching a balance between the objectives of trade facilitation, on one side, and the need to safeguard the security of citizens, to protect the intellectual property rights and combat illicit trade, on the other side, is one of the main topics on which the debate has focused. Ample space has been also dedicated to new forms of partnership between economic operators and Customs, as well as on the future of the EU-China relations.

The TAXUD (Taxation and Customs Union) General Directorate of the European Commission has published an updated version of the EORI Guidelines. The EORI system, introduced by the EC Regulation N° 312 of 16 April 2009 (read our article), has been developed for the recensement of the operators acting within the customs territory of the European Union and performing international trade operations, with the purpose of tracking electronically their customs operations. Instructions for obtaining such a code, as well as the modalities for its indication in the customs declarations, are contained in the Notice N. 82556 of the Customs Agency of 17 June 2009*. The European Commission website offers the possibility to control the validity of an EORI number, verifying also to which operator this is associated.

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* Updated with the Notice prot. 90673 of 8 October 2010.