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The first German Logistics Congress was held 25 years ago in Berlin. The number of participants has grown fivefold since then, but the location’s largest hotel—the Hotel InterContinental—remains the venue where logistics experts from all industries come together. This year’s congress, held from Octo...

The much-anticipated ECJ ruling on the Al-Qaeda Regulation (EC) 881/2002 was announced on September 3, 2008. The court found the regulation null and void in its freezing of the funds of Mr. Kadi and the Al Barakaat Foundation. The court will uphold the effects of Regulation (EC) 881/2002 for up to t...

Hardly a day goes by when climate change and its consequences are not in the headlines. The leaders of the G8 countries just committed in early July to halve their CO2 emissions by 2050. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) feels this is not enough. The coming decades will see a debate as to how these nobl...

More than 260 potential customers met on July 10 at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Munich to learn about Germany’s automated export system ATLAS Export and the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) status. AEB was the only software company among the exhibitors, which included the customs offic...

Participation in the electronic messaging system becomes mandatory for all exporting companies in Germany starting on July 1, 2009. Time for many companies to follow the pioneers and prepare to say goodbye to paper export declarations.

Goodbye paper export declarations - hello ATLAS</str...