The Italian company purchased a batch of refractory translucent glass from the Russian manufacturer. After delivery, the buyer refused to pay for the part of the glass supplied, which turned out to be defective and did not meet the stated quality requirements – the glass was supplied with imperfections, opaque. Long negotiations on an extrajudicial…
Our client has concluded a contract with a Cypriot company that manages a network of shopping centers in Russia. The standard arbitration clause, the inclusion of which in the contract was insisted upon by the Cypriot company, stipulated that disputes are resolved by an ad hoc arbitral tribunal, while the judge must have a certificate…
On December 2, 2022, the annual award ceremony for the leaders of the “Pravo-300” rating was held, within which the organizers of the rating highlighted the most successful law firms in each of the subject areas of activity. The results of this rating are based on a large-scale study of the quality of work, the…
In December of 2017, one of Aspectum. clients was held accountable for the violation of the currency control legislation due to a failure to obtain the foreign currency earnings to its bank account for the goods sold to a buyer in Belarus. The foreign buyer did not pay for the goods because of the financial…
In 2014, our client (the largest Finnish supplier of cleaning supplies) and the official representative of the Russian Tests and Certification Center “ROSTEST-MOSCOW” in Saint-Petersburg (“BALT-TEST” LLC), entered into a contract to obtain certification for disinfectants. Our client planned to import said disinfectants to the territory of the Customs Union. “BALT-TEST” issued a Declarations of…
“Aspectum.” client, a Lithuanian company specializing in international logistics services, filed an application to declare the goods for customs clearance under code TN VED EAS 1901909900 (instant milk beverage Regilait and Regilait Topping 2 and Regilait Topping 4 in the amount of 15.5 tons. Country of origin – France, member of the European Union) at…
Aspectum successfully appealed a claim in the Arbitration Court for the St.-Petersburg and Leningrad region to challenge the decision of the Baltic Customs (Turukhtanny Customs Post) on the adjustment of the goods customs value (КТС) (case A56-71254/2016). According to the June 22, 2016 decision of the Customs Authority, the customs value (ТС) of the goods…
Aspectum successfully appealed a negligence claim against the Baltic Customs to refund excessive customs duties to the client. Recognition of the excessive customs duty was a result of another successful case where arguments led by Aspectum were heard in the Arbitration Court on a claim against an unlawful decision issued by the local Customs authorities…
Aspectum represented a client in a trial with St. Petersburg Customs in regards to customs fees recovery older than three years since the goods were carried through the border. Aspectum argued that customs fees older than three years are not recoverable due to current laws on statute of limitation laws and any demand from custom…
