FLAT Legal Journal
An EU investor’s factory in Viet Nam: fire wipes out the production line, a storm collapses the warehouse, the EPC contractor runs six months late — who pays?…
Read article ↗Vietnamese shrimp, pangasius and coffee exported to the UK: the UKVFTA (in force 01/05/2021) opens the tariff door, but the real barrier is the UK’s own food-safety and…
Read article ↗A French group with retail chains and factories in Viet Nam: since 2024, Vietnamese profits taxed at an effective rate below 15% face top-up tax — in Viet…
Read article ↗Recycled plastic pellets exported to the EU: which origin criterion goes on the invoice declaration? For plastics and rubber — where the “material” can be domestically collected scrap…
Read article ↗EU customs sends an origin-verification request for a circuit-board shipment from Viet Nam — and the exporter must trace back through three tiers of component suppliers. For electronics,…
Read article ↗Finished medicines exported to the UK using EU-imported active ingredients (APIs): can they be cumulated? The answer is no — and this is the core EVFTA–UKVFTA difference pharma…
Read article ↗Bicycles are among the most “sensitive” goods in EU trade — long the focus of trade-defence cases. For bicycles and machinery exported under the EVFTA, the 10% tolerance…
Read article ↗Poland is the logistics gateway for Vietnamese goods into the EU — and where many Vietnamese businesses base their European distribution company. The Viet Nam–Poland double taxation agreement…
Read article ↗Finished medicines exported to the EU enjoy EVFTA preferential rates — but only by meeting Protocol 1 origin rules. For pharmaceuticals, the origin story turns on one question:…
Read article ↗A contract with a UK partner: if a dispute erupts, where does arbitration sit — London under the LCIA or Viet Nam under VIAC? Both the UK and…
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