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EU Forced Labour Regulation 2024/3015: prohibition, scope across supply chains and online sales, competent authorities, investigations, customs enforcement, penalties and key timelines for products on the EU market

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Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on banning products made with forced labour in the Union market, which amends Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (the EU Forced Labour Regulation, or EU FLR), establishes a prohibition on placing or making available in the EU—whether domestically produced or imported—any goods made with forced labour, and on exporting such goods. It also requires that any such products be withdrawn from the EU market...

Timeline

This overview sets out the principal legislative milestones leading to adoption of the EU FLR.

Date of application: Three years after entry into force—14 December 2027—save for the provisions below that apply from the date of entry into force—13 December 2024:

Article 5(3)—12-month window for Member States to notify contact details and areas of competence of competent authorities (see: Competent authorities)
Article 7—Information and communications systems (see: Information and communications systems)
Article 8—Database of forced labour risk areas or products (see: Database of forced labour risk areas or products)
Article 9(2)—Submission of information on alleged violations via the Single information submission point (see: Single information submission point)
Commission to issue guidelines within 11–18 months (see ‘Compliance guidelines’ in Scope of the EU FLR)
Article 33—Exercise

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Nikolay Mizulin

Mayer Brown

Nikolay Mizulin is Co-Lead of Mayer Brown's International Trade Product Group. He advises clients on all aspects of international and EU trade law, with particular emphasis on trade remedies, WTO Dispute Settlement, customs and sanctions.Nikolay has represented corporations and governments in anti-dumping, safeguard, and anti-subsidy cases before EU institutions as well as before the investigating authorities of Brazil, China, India, the US, and other countries. His experience covers all stages of the proceedings, from preparing questionnaire responses to challenging measures before the courts. Nikolay has been involved in several high-profile WTO disputes, providing assistance to governments as well as private sector.In his regulatory practice, Nikolay advises private companies in matters relating to the application of EU sanctions. He assists clients in complying with customs regulations and advises on the EU's forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, measures prohibiting products made by forced labour as well as...

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Ivan Baranenko

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Ivan, an associate in Mayer Brown's International Trade group in Brussels, advises clients on a wide range of issues in the field of international trade, with a focus on trade remedies (including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard investigations), EU sanctions, customs rules, and WTO law.Ivan is active in representing clients in trade defense investigations before the investigating authorities of the EU, the US, Brazil and other jurisdictions. He also advises on market access issues, government trade policies, and internal compliance investigations in the sphere of sanctions and customs law.Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Ivan worked for a top-tier law firm in Kyiv (Ukraine), where he obtained extensive experience in international trade law, including regulatory issues, trade remedies, and WTO law.Ivan is fluent in English in addition to his native Ukrainian and Russian....

Agnieszka Nosowicz

Mayer Brown

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Agnieszka is an associate in the International Trade group of the Brussels office.Agnieszka advises clients on a broad range of issues related to trade, customs, market access and EU regulatory issues, with a special focus on trade remedies (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations), as well as on sanctions and export control matters. She also assists clients in disputes before European Courts.Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2023, Agnieszka worked for a leading law firm in international trade in Brussels, where she gained extensive experience, especially in the area of trade remedies in the EU and in other third countries (Morocco, Gulf Cooperation Council, Brazil).Agnieszka speaks English and French, in addition to her native Polish....

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