Ceuta-Melilla EU Delay

Spain postponed its request to incorporate Ceuta and Melilla into the European Union’s customs union after Ceuta’s president asked for more time and expressed unspecified reservations. As a result, there was no immediate change to duties or taxes. If the cities were incorporated, goods whose import procedures had been completed in the EU could be sent there without a new customs duty, while direct imports from outside the EU would be subject to the common European tariff. The local import tax, “IPSI,” could nevertheless remain, and the impact on costs cannot be assessed until the details of an agreement are known. As for trade with Morocco, no new measure concerning the border crossings was announced. Since the start of 2026, 46 commercial crossing operations have been recorded at Beni Enzar: 42 imports from Morocco and four exports to it. Meanwhile, the suspension of construction-material truck traffic at the Tarajal crossing had been in place since June, before the postponement decision.

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