--- title: Blog | Sjors Vonken - Senior Customs Consultant description: Ensuring Customs and Trade Compliance in the form of creative solutions is my passion! image: https://www.portorium.solutions/hubfs/portorium%20banner%20Map.png --- [![](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-3.png?width=9300&height=2650&name=Logo-blue-3.png)](https://www.portorium.be) - [Blog](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog) [![Logo-blue-2](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-2.png?width=300&height=85&name=Logo-blue-2.png "Logo-blue-2")](https://www.portorium.be) [![Logo-blue-2](https://www.portorium.solutions/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo-blue-2.png?width=300&height=85&name=Logo-blue-2.png "Logo-blue-2")](https://www.portorium.be) - [Blog](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog) # Sjors Vonken - Senior Customs Consultant #### Ensuring Customs and Trade Compliance in the form of creative solutions is my passion! [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjors-vonken-07b44380/) ## [Q2 2024 Free Trade Agreement Updates for the EU](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/q2-2024-free-trade-agreement-updates-for-the-eu) With elections taking place in the EU, UK, India, and Indonesia in Q2, there was not much progress on the FTA front. The most notable event was the entry into force of the EU-New Zealand FTA, which will have a significant impact on EU traders. In this blog, we cover those implications along with updates on Q2 negotiation rounds in the Indo-Pacific region. ## [The rise of sanctioned parties and sanction regimes, an ever-growing importance for trade compliance](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/the-rise-of-sanctioned-parties-and-sanction-regimes-an-ever-growing-importance-for-trade-compliance) Trade compliance is a topic that has been around for quite a while now and, while it has always... ## [Exporters can now be fined for proof of origin errors](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/penalties-for-mistakes-in-proofs-of-origin) In February 2024, UK Parliament passed the [Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in...](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/166/made) ## [Q1 2024 EU & UK Free Trade Agreements: Key Negotiations and Developments](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/q1-2024-review-eu-and-uk-free-trade-agreement-activity) ## [Unveiling the New EU Customs Ruling: Binding Valuation Information (BVI)](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/the-final-touch-binding-valuation-information-completes-the-foundations-of-advanced-rulings) In addition to the [Binding Origin Information](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/content/binding-origin-information-2#:~:text=Binding%20Origin%20Information%20(BOI)%20relates,from%20the%20date%20of%20issue.) (BOI) and [Binding Tariff Information](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/content/binding-tariff-information-1) (BTI) advanced... ## [Unlocking Trade Opportunities: Benefits of Modernised PEM Rules of Origin](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/benefits-of-modernised-pem-rules-of-origin) Last December, the European Commission [announced](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/news/pan-euro-mediterranean-pem-countries-agreed-unlock-full-potential-trade-region-2023-12-07_en#:~:text=The%20rules%20of%20origin%20will,more%20flexible%20and%20business%2Dfriendly.) that the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Joint... ## [Q4 2023 Free Trade Agreements Review: EU and UK Updates](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/free-trade-agreements-quarterly-update-q4-2024-a-busy-end-of-year) As we wrap up the year, we had a lookback at what has happened on the preferential origin and free... ## [MASP-C: the steps (and delays) toward electronic Customs, Part 1](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/masp-c-the-steps-and-delays-toward-electronic-customs-part-1) Foundations of MASP and the UCC Customs formalities, paperwork, and red tape. These are some of the... ## [Netherlands ISO-Based Customs Reporting for Efficiency and Compliance](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/standardised-customs-reporting-the-netherlands-innovates-with-iso-based-reporting) Dutch Customs, like many other customs authorities in the Customs Union, is undergoing some system... ## [Analysing Brexit's Impact on Trade: Beyond the Numbers](https://www.portorium.solutions/blog/brexits-impact-on-trade-there-is-more-to-the-numbers) Headlines announce the EU and the UK signing new trade deals and achieving record numbers in trade.... 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