EPA is proposing a new framework for sector-specific restrictions on the import and manufacture of products that contain or use hydrofluorocarbons. The agency’s proposed rule, released Dec. 12, allows for a public petition process for new restrictions on specific sectors. Importers and manufacturers subject to sector-specific HFC restrictions would be covered by new labeling, reporting and recordkeeping requirements. EPA also is proposing its first set of sector restrictions on products in the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump, foam blowing and aerosol sectors.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Dec. 7, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
CBP should develop a single automated system for its detention and seizure process, as well as a portal for rightsholders and importers to allow for communication with CBP when infringement of intellectual property rights is suspected, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said in recommendations adopted at its Dec. 7 meeting.
Certifications must be completed and signed by Jan. 23 for entries since April 1, 2022, to avoid antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam recently announced by the Commerce Department in a preliminary anti-circumvention determination (see 2212020064), according to a notice set for publication in the Dec. 8 Federal Register.
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Importers and exporters of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam must complete and sign certifications within the next several weeks for any entries after April 1, 2022, to avoid antidumping and countervailing duties imposed in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry released by the Commerce Department on Dec. 2.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Nov. 30, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
A 60-day “cushion” CBP is giving customs brokers to re-execute existing powers of attorney directly with importers of record and drawback claimants will “allow the brokers time to contact the appropriate party with whom they need to re-execute the power of attorney,” Jeannine Delgado of CBP’s broker management branch said during a Dec. 1 webinar held by CBP.
CBP will in 2023 begin testing two projects under the DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) “that will connect CBP with trade users,” the agency said in a document released ahead of an upcoming meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. The projects are being used to “verify some ACE 2.0 concepts” to inform CBP’s development of ACE 2.0, “which could begin as early as 2025,” CBP said.
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