EU Council approves Beijing Convention on judicial ship sales
→Ship buyers and maritime creditors gain EU-backed clean-title recognition rules
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Sri Lanka imposes three-month 50% surcharge on motor vehicle import duty
→Vehicle importers must fund a 50% duty surcharge unless LC was opened by 15 May
India’s DGFT restricts imports of specified semi-manufactured silver bars
→Silver-bar importers must clear covered shipments under restricted-policy conditions
US Supreme Court allows negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers
→Freight brokers must treat carrier selection as state-law liability exposure
DGFT tightens gold Advance Authorisation controls for gems and jewellery
→Gold AA applicants face a 100 kg cap, inspection and export-obligation checks
EU imposes provisional duties on Chinese alkyl phosphonic acids
→EU importers must apply provisional duties and invoice checks for Chinese alkyl phosphonic acids
EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese PET Spunbond
→EU importers must apply new PET Spunbond duty rates at customs
India launches maritime insurance pool with sovereign guarantee
→Indian maritime operators can route war-risk cover through the new domestic pool
EU updates national derogations for inland dangerous-goods transport
→Dangerous-goods operators must check national derogations before using relaxed transport rules
EU sets transport-service emissions accounting rules from December 2030
→Transport emissions disclosures must use the EU accounting method from December 2030
DGFT adds 14 pre-shipment inspection agencies under foreign trade rules
→Importers must use DGFT-recognised inspection agencies for PSIC-backed shipments
DGFT adds India-UK CETA certificate-of-origin issuing agencies
→India-UK CETA exporters must use the authorised certificate-issuing agency