CUSTOMS MERCEOLOGY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

00077L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE

Disciplinary Sector:

Commodity Studies

Language:

Italian

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PERTICONE ENRICO

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Objectives

The educational goal for the student is to reach the following learning outcomes:
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and the adequate instruments to comprehend and analyze the complicated international legislative framework which regulates the international trade.
The analysis of the legislative and regulatory aspects that regulate the international trade of goods
plays a major strategic role for the national production system; a corporate lawyer for the internationalization represents, in this respect, a key figure with a view to the development of business compliance, and such a role requires transversal competences of coordination.
With regard to the distinguishing features of the international corporate lawyer, the teaching objectives emphasize the following points:
- Systems of customs classification and characterization of the goods at international level and at Union level.
- Trade within the WTO framework: Most favoured Nation Clause, Free Trade Agreements, Customs Union.
- Protection international systems within the WTO framework (antidumping, anti-subsidy, additional duties, etc.)
- Customs regulations of the European Union, with particular reference to the constraints and opportunities included in the legal framework designed by the Union Customs Code and its amending and implementing acts.
- Origin of the goods in the international trade (preferential customs origin, non preferential customs origin, made in).
- Customs value of the goods, with particular reference to the subject of the intangibles (royalties, design, transfer price, commissions, etc).
- Embargo and restrictions to export and import.
At the end of the class, the student is going to have the necessary knowledge to comprehend the main technical and operational issues relating to various functions carried out by logistic and cross-border trading companies, such as administration, commercial development, operational and strategic planning , logistics. Furthermore, the student will be able to comprehend and to solve the main issues of corporate and economic nature that characterize the consultancy activities in favor of the companies engaged in the processes of globalization of the markets, of internationalization of businesses and of delocalization of the production activities.
The students must be able to communicate in a logical manner and with clarity of presentation the topics and the contents of the course, combining both a technical and a managerial and logistic terminology, and thus contributing to the solution of operational problems concerning the companies’ activities on the international markets.
Nascondi Contenuti

Contents

The objective of the course is to provide the students with the necessary tools in order to support the development of cross-border business and to deepen the issues related to the international movement of goods (with particular reference to customs issues).The teaching fits into the general objective of the course of study.

Extended Syllabus

International trade and customs profiles: analysis of the multilateral regulatory framework and of the European Union’s regulatory framework.
2. Instruments of commodity classification.
3. Origin of the goods and the customs duties system.
4. The non-tariff barriers in the international trade.

Recommended Bibliography

Chapters extracted from textbooks and selected scientific articles, course notes and handouts provided by the teachers

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 48 hours of frontal teaching, including lectures, discussions of case studies, presentation of projects. During the course there will be testimonials and seminar interventions by qualified professionals in the sector (company managers, consultants of companies), workshop activities and group work.
Attendance is optional, recommended, and the final exam will be the same for attending and non-attending students.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Students’ learning of the concepts and tools dealt with in the classroom will also be monitored during the course (through the provision of written tests and the presentation and discussion of case studies). The assessment of the learning is carried out through a written test and a final interview (which can be held only if the written exam is passed). The written test includes three open-ended question (score 0 to 30) and is considered to be passed with a minimum score of 18/30. The interview (three questions) aims to verify the student’s ability to critically analyze the legislative and regulatory framework, which constitutes the basis of the international trade of goods, and to provide solutions to specific cases. It should be noted that there will be a single integrated final exam for the course of TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS, COMMODITY for both part A and part B.
Ability to apply knowledge and comprehension.
During the exam and during the written tests and the discussion of case studies, the ability of the students to apply their acquired knowledge in order to interpret and to understand in a broad and structured manner current problems and complex issues, and their ability to develop economic and business strategies with particular regard to a supranational level, will be assessed.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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