Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1271 of 6 May 2025 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/1239, (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 as a consequence of the establishment of the Electronic system for Agricultural Non-customs formalities (ELAN), and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 as regards two new tariff quota numbers for imports of rice from Bangladesh

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	2025/1271	10.7.2025

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 ⁴, and in particular Articles 178 and 187 thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁵ establishes a European Union Single Window Environment for Customs (‘EU Single Window Environment for Customs’), which includes an electronic European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System, a national single window environments for customs, and various Union non-customs systems the use of which is either mandatory or voluntary under Union law.

• (2) In order to optimise trade of agricultural products, all documents required in agricultural legislation for fulfilling non-customs formalities should be made available to the customs authorities of Member States in electronic form via the EU Single Window Environment for Customs.

• (3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 ⁶ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 ⁷ establish an electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (‘ELAN’) to make the documents falling under its scope available in electronic form to customs authorities. The development and use of ELAN require the adoption of an adequate legal framework to lay down the rules applicable to the system.

• (4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 ⁸ lays down rules for the issue of import and export licences for trade of agricultural products, Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 ⁹ and (EU) 2023/2834 ¹⁰ lay down rules for tariff rate quotas managed with licences and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 ¹¹ lays down rules for tariff rate quotas managed in accordance with the ‘first come first served’ principle. Those Implementing Regulations should allow that the documents under their scope can be made available to the customs authorities of Member States in electronic form via the EU Single Window Environment for Customs.

• (5) Member States currently issue import and export licences based on the templates laid down in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239. To make import and export licences available in electronic form in the EU Single Window Environment for Customs via ELAN, licence issuing authorities should issue them in accordance with the data models developed by the Commission specifically for this purpose and laid down in the ‘Notice on the instructions on completing the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models’ ¹² and referred to in Article 1(1), point (j) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 (the ‘instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union’).

• (6) The definitions laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 should therefore include the terminology introduced with the development of ELAN.

• (7) Licence applications are to be submitted using either the templates set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, or those set out by Member States. Save the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of that Implementing Regulation, licences are to be issued in accordance with the data models set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union and communicated to ELAN, for their check and use by the Member States authorities through the EU Single Window Environment for Customs.

• (8) Customs offices should be allowed access ELAN to perform their control activities on the documents and make the quantity attributions as defined in Article 10 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 when so required by the relevant Union legislation. During the transitional period, the applicable rules should allow the Customs offices to control all documents, taking into account that each document may follow a different format.

• (9) The rules on transfers of licences should take into account that, during the transitional period, licences following the current templates may be transferred in accordance with the Notice on import and export licences for agricultural products ¹³, whereas those following the new ELAN1L data models should follow the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union.

• (10) The rules concerning corrections of ELAN documents should specify which types of corrections are to be accepted by ELAN, and how the competent issuing authorities should indicate on the documents that they have been corrected, if the rules allow them to be printed on paper.

• (11) The current rules require operators to return the licences to the competent issuing authorities, to prove that they fulfilled the obligation to release for free circulation or to export embedded in the licences. Once ELAN is operational, and customs authorities use it to indicate the quantity released for free circulation or exported on electronic licences, the proof of the fulfilment of these obligations may be retrieved directly from ELAN, without the need for economic operators to return the licences to the issuing authorities. Therefore, the relevant provisions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 should reflect this change, and take into account that, during the transitional period or during the temporary unavailability of ELAN, Union operators may still be required to submit this proof on paper.

• (12) Rules concerning the possibility to issue replacement and duplicate licences should still apply to licences issued during the transitional period. They should apply also when licences issued on paper while ELAN is temporary unavailable have been lost or destroyed.

• (13) A new Annex I.1 should be added to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, laying down the information Member States should provide in import and export licences issued in accordance with the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models. That Annex should indicate, in particular, which information should be always mandatorily included in the licences, and which instead should be included when so required by the rules that apply to the specific licence.

• (14) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 should ensure the proper management of documents issued by third countries via ELAN and adapt the rules applicable to import and export licences issued for the management of tariff rate quotas.

• (15) Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 should list Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 laying down rules with regard to ELAN.

• (16) Licence applications should be allowed for the product codes referred to in the fiches for tariff quotas set out in Annexes II to XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761. These codes could have the form of 4, 6, 8 or 10 digits, in certain cases preceded by the word ex, depending on the specific rules applicable to the relevant tariff quotas. Those licence applications should be submitted in accordance with the relevant rules laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, with the possibility to use the current paper templates in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a, to 21d of that Implementing Regulation.

• (17) Licences should be issued for quantities expressed in product weight, except when the quantity available for the specific tariff quota in the fiches in Annexes II to XIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 and the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union indicate a different unit of measurement. Moreover, licences may be issued for products defined by product codes preceded by ex, when so allowed by the relevant tariff quota fiches.

• (18) Articles 12, 22, 29, 34, 35, 43, 44, 49, 50, 59 and 64 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, which lay down detailed rules on how to complete specific sections of licences, should be updated to lay down the rules on how to complete the corresponding sections in the new data models. The amendments should take into account that during the transitional period governed by the rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 licences may still be issued in accordance with the templates set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239.

• (19) Annexes XIV and XVII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, as well as Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988, set out the templates for documents issued by third countries that, according to the relevant sectoral rules and to Annexes II to XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, should accompany the licence application and/or the release for free circulation of goods under tariff quotas. In order to harmonise the different templates and simplify their management in ELAN, the Commission created a single data model, ELAN1L-TCDOC, that is to replace the current templates, with the exception of the ones set out in Part C of Annex XIV.2 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 and in Part A of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988. The accompanying documents issued or transmitted to ELAN should comply with the requirements laid down in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.

• (20) The export certificate issued by the United States of America in accordance with the template set out in Part C of Annex XIV.2 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 is required upon submission of licence applications for tariff quota with order number 09.4127. The rules applicable in the United States allow the titular holder of the export certificate to transfer it to another economic operator based in that third country, up to three transfers, by simply signing it. Since ELAN is currently designed to allow access only to public authorities and bodies, not to private operators, it cannot accommodate this feature of the mentioned export certificate. Therefore, the template laid down in Part C of Annex XIV.2 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 is not to be replaced by the ELAN1L-TCDOC set out in Annex XIV.8 to that Implementing Regulation.

• (21) The relevant provisions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 requiring documents issued by third countries to be notified to the Commission according to Article 72(8) of that Implementing Regulation and presented in paper format, original or copy, to the issuing authorities of Member States should remain applicable during the transitional period, in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 72a to 72d of that Implementing Regulation to documents that are not issued in or transmitted to ELAN. Where these documents are issued by third countries in ELAN or are transmitted to it, the document in that system should be considered original; third countries are no longer required to notify it via the information system governed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 ¹⁴.

• (22) Member States that do not issue licences using ELAN or do not transmit them to it should keep notifying to the Commission the quantities for which licences were issued, the quantities actually imported and the unused quantities, during the transitional periods laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239. When licences are issued in ELAN, it should be made possible that the Commission still requires Member States to notify those data for monitoring purposes.

• (23) Where Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/1239 and (EU) 2020/761 require to indicate the country of origin of the goods on licence applications and licences, the relevant section of licence applications may indicate the country of origin either by its full name or by the corresponding ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. Licences that follow the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models should indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin. For licence applications and licences that, during the transitional period, are based on the template laid down in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, the country of origin should be indicated as laid down in the Notice on import and export licences for agricultural products.

• (24) Where a document issued by a third country is to accompany both the licence application and the release for free circulation of the goods, if the document is issued in accordance with the ELAN1L-TCDOC template laid down in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, then the third country issuing authority should not be required to notify the document to the Commission via the information system set up by the Commission in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 and referred to in Article 72(8) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.

• (25) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 lays down rules applicable to tariff quotas managed according to the ‘first come-first served’ principle. For certain tariff quotas, products should be accompanied by certificates of origin, issued in accordance with the template set out in Annex 22-14 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 ¹⁵. In those cases, the reference to the template set out in Annex 22-14 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 should be replaced by the reference to the document issued in accordance with the ELAN1L-TCDOC template set out in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761. This updated reference should however take into consideration that during the transitional period third countries may choose between issuing document either in the format set out in Annex 22-14 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 or in the format set out in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.

• (26) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1835 ¹⁶ amended Article 1 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834, introducing new conversion rates between husked rice and milled rice, and between milled rice and semi-milled rice. These new conversion rates should be reflected in the tariff quota 09.0141 open for imports of rice from Bangladesh. In particular, it is necessary to open one additional sub-quota with order number 09.0170 for CN codes of milled rice falling under the description ‘Other rice’, and one additional sub-quota with order number 09.0171 for CN codes of semi-milled rice falling under the description ‘Other rice’. The introduction of these two additional sub-quotas should be reflected in Articles 2 and 13 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988, as well as in Annex II to that Implementing Regulation.

• (27) Articles 8 and 10 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 lay down rules on the details to be inserted in specific sections of import licence applications and import licences for Basmati rice. These rules should be integrated with the reference to the details to be introduced in the corresponding sections of licences issued in accordance with Annex I.1 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239.

• (28) Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/1239, (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (29) Member States and third-country authorities should be allowed enough time to adapt their systems and their procedures to the use of ELAN to perform their operations. Therefore, transitional rules should be laid down in Implementing Regulations (EU) 2016/1239, (EU) 2020/761, (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2023/2834 in order to ensure a smooth transition for all ELAN users.

• (30) From 15 July 2025, all ELAN users should be allowed to test ELAN and enter the system in its ‘acceptance environment’. Documents transmitted or created in this environment should be mere tests and not have any legal value, nor be used for operations of customs clearance. During the testing period ELAN users, should have access to ELAN in acceptance environment to test the system.

• (31) After the test period, ELAN should be put in production, and from 19 January 2026 licence issuing authorities of Member States should then be allowed to create licences in ELAN or to transmit them to that system. These licences should have legal value and could be used for operations of customs clearance.

• (32) From 18 January 2027 licence issuing authorities of Member States should start issuing licences complying with the new data models created for ELAN. Licences that would need to be used in paper form shall be sealed by ELAN before being printed.

• (33) From 17 January 2028 all licences issued in Member States should be produced in ELAN or transmitted to that system. Accompanying documents required by the relevant agricultural legislation and issued by third countries should also be produced in ELAN or made available to that system. To this extent, they should follow the ELAN data model in compliance with Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.

• (34) From 6 October 2028 all users should start using ELAN for their operations, including customs clearance through the interconnection with the European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System (‘EU CSW-CERTEX’).

• (35) The requirements mandating digitalisation of the documents required for the release into free circulation and for the export of agricultural products covered by this Regulation affect trans-European digital public services within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2024/903 of the European Parliament and of the Council ¹⁷. Accordingly, an interoperability assessment has been carried out and the resulting report is to be published on the Interoperable Europe Portal.

• (36) The Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, to ensure the correct application of the rules before ELAN will become available to its users for testing purposes.

• (37) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

• (a) “declarant”, as defined in Article 5, point (15), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr*1-L_202501271EN.000101-E0015];

• (b) “risk management”, as defined in Article 5, point (25), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;

• (c) “Union non-customs formality”, as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr*2-L_202501271EN.000101-E0016];

• (d) “electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (ELAN)” as defined in Article 3, point (b), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269[^ntr*3-L_202501271EN.000101-E0017];

• (e) “exporter”, as defined in Article 1, point (19), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446[^ntr*4-L_202501271EN.000101-E0018];

• (f) “EU CSW-CERTEX” means the European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399;

• (g) “advanced signature based on a qualified certificate” means an electronic signature complying with the requirements laid down in Articles 26 and 28 of Regulation (EU) 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr*5-L_202501271EN.000101-E0019];

• (h) “ELAN1L-AGRIM” defines any import licence issued in accordance with the data model set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union, following the rules laid down in Annex I.1 to this Regulation for their use in ELAN;

• (i) “ELAN1L-AGREX” defines any export licence issued in accordance with the data model set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union, following the rules laid down in Annex I.1 to this Regulation for their use in ELAN;

• (j) “instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union” means the instructions set out in the Notice on the instructions on completing the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models[^ntr6-L_202501271EN.000101-E0020] published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union* that licence issuing authorities shall follow to issue import and export licences in accordance with Annex I.1 to this Regulation;

• (k) “ELAN (acceptance environment)” means the electronic system identical to ELAN for the mere purpose of testing the functionality of that system before its actual release as a production environment.

1. In addition, the definitions laid down in Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237, and in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 apply.

[^ntr*1-L_202501271EN.000101-E0015]: Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/952/oj)."

[^ntr*2-L_202501271EN.000101-E0016]: Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 establishing the European Union Single Window Environment for Customs and amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (OJ L 317, 9.12.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2399/oj)."

[^ntr*3-L_202501271EN.000101-E0017]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 of 28 April 2025 laying down rules supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (“ELAN”) to monitor and manage trade and market in agricultural products (OJ L, 2025/1269, 10.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1269/oj)."

[^ntr*4-L_202501271EN.000101-E0018]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2015/2446/oj)."

[^ntr*5-L_202501271EN.000101-E0019]: Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/910/oj)."

[^ntr*6-L_202501271EN.000101-E0020]: Notice on the instructions on completing the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models (OJ C, C/2025/2819, 10.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2819/oj).’;"

• (2) Article 2 is amended as follows:

• (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Licences shall be applied for via information technology applications made available by Member States (“national IT applications”) respecting the integrity and quality standards as set out in Section 3 B of Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127[^ntr*7-L_202501271EN.000101-E0021]. Where no such national IT applications are available or effective, or when national IT applications are temporarily unavailable, licences may also be applied for using the template set out in Annex I to this Regulation or any template set out by the competent national issuing authority.

Licences shall be issued either in ELAN or in the national IT applications. Licences issued in national IT applications shall be considered issued and valid to be used for trade only after communication to ELAN, unless otherwise provided for in Articles 21a to 21d.

The competent national issuing authorities shall set the template or data model that economic operators shall use for licence applications.

[^ntr*7-L_202501271EN.000101-E0021]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127 of 7 December 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, p. 95, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2022/127/oj).’;"

• (b) paragraphs 5 and 6 are replaced by the following:

‘5.   The licence application shall be filled in in accordance with the purpose of the licence and as set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union. If the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d allow to use the template set out in Annex I, the licence application shall be filled in accordance with the Notice on import and export licences for agricultural products[^ntr*8-L_202501271EN.000101-E0022].

1. The licence issuing authority shall not accept applications that are not in accordance with the relevant Union legislation. It shall issue the licence without delay, using the accepted information as filled in by the applicant, and completing the information as set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union or in the Notice on import and export licences for agricultural products. On paper copies, the licence issuing authorities shall validate their issuing by signature and by means of a stamp, or an embossing press. Electronic copies shall be validated in accordance with the standards referred to in paragraph 1.

[^ntr*8-L_202501271EN.000101-E0022]: Notice on import and export licences for agricultural products (OJ C 278, 30.7.2016, p. 34).’;"

• (3) Article 6 is amended as follows:

• (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Where the quantity indicated on a licence is to be subdivided for procedural or logistic reasons, the licence issuing authority may, at the request of the titular holder or transferee, issue extracts from licences (“extracts”).

When allowed by the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d, the licence issuing authority may, at the request of the titular holder or transferee, issue extracts if the titular holder or transferee is required to use a licence issued in electronic format in a Member State different than the one where the licence was issued, and not connected to the national electronic system of the issuing Member State or via ELAN.’

;

• (b) paragraphs 5 and 6 are replaced by the following:

‘5.   Extracts shall be issued without delay, and at no additional cost, in electronic format.

When allowed by the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d extracts may be issued in printed format using the models set out in Annexes I or I.1.

1. No further extract may be made of an extract.

When allowed by the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d, the licence issuing authority may, at the request of the titular holder or transferee, print out a copy of an extract issued in electronic format if the titular holder or transferee is required to use that extract in another Member State not connected to the national electronic system of the issuing Member State or via ELAN.’

;

• (4) Articles 9, 10 and 11 are replaced by the following:

‘Article 9

Customs declaration

1. The customs declaration shall refer to the licence or extract using a specific code and the licence number indicated on the licence, as set out in Title II of Annex B to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447¹.

Where the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d allow the competent authorities to issue licences in accordance with Annex I, the customs declaration may refer to the licence issue number indicated in Section 25 of the import licence or Section 23 of the export licence in accordance with Annex I.

1. ELAN shall allow customs offices to access the electronic licence or extract referred to in paragraph 1.

Where allowed by the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d, the national electronic systems of the licence issuing authority may allow the customs office to access the electronic licence or extract directly. If direct access is not available, the declarant or the licence issuing authority shall send the licence or extract to the customs office in electronic format.

If, during the transitional periods laid down in Article 6(1) to (4), of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272², the IT applications of the customs office are not suited for applying the first and second subparagraph of this paragraph or if the customs office has no access to ELAN, licences or extracts may be sent in paper format.

Article 10

Attribution and endorsements

1. The rules on the procedure for the issue of electronic licences in national electronic systems shall designate the authority that is to indicate the quantity released for free circulation or exported on the licence and specify how the declarant and the licence issuing authority get access to that information.

1. The customs office shall indicate and validate the quantity released for free circulation or exported, or if provided by national administrative rules, validate the quantity indicated by the declarant, in ELAN, either directly, or by interconnecting to it from the national customs IT system, via EU CSW-CERTEX.

When the Union legislation allow the use of licences on paper, the customs office shall indicate and validate the quantity released for free circulation or exported, or if provided by national administrative rules, validate the quantity indicated by the declarant, in Sections “Quantity in figures”, “Unit of measurement” and “Quantity in words”, endorse it, and return that copy to the declarant, or, if specific legislation requires so, return that copy to the licence issuing authority.

When the copy of the licence is returned to the licence issuing authorities, the licence issuing authority shall encode in ELAN the quantity released for free circulation or exported, as indicated and validated in the licence, if that was not already done by the customs authorities.

1. Where the quantity released for free circulation or exported is lower than the quantity available on the licence, ELAN shall deduce the quantity released for free circulation or exported and indicate the remaining quantity within the limits of the quantity available on the licence.

During the transitional periods laid down in Article 6(1) to (4), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, customs authorities shall indicate the remaining quantity on the licence.

1. Where, during the transitional period laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation or during the periods of temporary unavailability of ELAN governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, the quantity released for free circulation or exported does not correspond to the quantity indicated on the licence, customs authorities shall correct the entry on the licence by indicating the actual quantity within the limits of the quantity available on the licence.

If the space for making attributions on paper licences or extracts is not sufficient, the authorities may attach extension pages, validated through allongement stamping.

1. The date of attribution shall be the date of acceptance of the declaration for release for free circulation or for export.

1. Customs authorities shall indicate and validate the quantity released for free circulation or exported in the national electronic systems of Member States only when this is allowed by the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation, or during the periods of temporary unavailability of ELAN governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272.

1. Member States shall decide which authority carries out the functions referred to in this Article for electronic licences issued in their national systems, and they shall publish that information on their public website.

Article 11

Transfer

In the event of a request for transfer by the titular holder, the transferee's data and the date of the relevant entry shall be entered on the electronic licence in accordance with the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union or, in the case of paper licences, in accordance with the Notice for import and export licences for agricultural products. The transfer shall be validated by the licence issuing authority.

In the event of a transfer back to the titular holder, the licence issuing authority shall validate the transfer back and its date on the electronic licence in accordance with the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union or, in case of paper licences, in accordance with the Notice for import and export licences for agricultural products.

The transfer or transfer back shall take effect from the date indicated on the licence by the licence issuing authority, which shall fall during the period of validity of the licence.’;

• (5) Article 13 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 13

Integrity and control of the licence, mutual assistance

1. Entries made on licences or extracts shall not be altered after their issue.

1. Where a competent customs authority has a doubt on the accuracy of entries on the licence or extract, it shall ask the licence-issuing authority for clarifications. Where a licence-issuing authority has a doubt on the accuracy of entries on the licence or extract, it shall ask the competent customs authority for clarifications.

The first subparagraph shall not apply where it concerns minor or evident errors which the licence issuing authority or competent customs authority can remedy by applying the legislation correctly.

1. Where the licence issuing authority considers a correction necessary, it shall correct the licence or the extract without delay.

1. When licences or extracts are used in paper format, licence issuing authorities shall correct them only if they have been returned by the economic operator.

1. For electronic licences or extracts, the licence issuing authority shall validate the corrected version, which shall replace the original version. Where in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, the issuing authority issues licences or extracts in paper form, it shall indicate on the top of these documents that they were corrected by adding the entry “licence corrected on …” or “extract corrected on …”. Any former entries shall be reproduced on each copy.

1. Where, in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, the licence is issued on paper at the request of the licence issuing authority, the titular holder or transferee shall return the licence or extract.

Where on the basis of risk management the authenticity of a paper licence or extract, or entries or endorsements thereon must be verified, the authority concerned shall return the licence or extract, or a photocopy thereof to the competent authorities.

The request for verification and its assessment shall be communicated by electronic means in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97[^ntr*11-L_202501271EN.000101-E0025] using the standard form as set out in Annex III to this Regulation. Authorities may agree on further simplification including direct consultations using the customs office list (COL) published on the Commission's official website.

The requested authority shall ensure that a reply to the requesting authority is sent within 20 calendar days when the authorities are established in the same Member State. Where different Member States are involved, the reply shall be sent within 60 calendar days.

1. If the licence or extract is returned before the end of validity and the exhaustion of the available quantity, the competent authority shall indicate it in ELAN.

Where, in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, a licence or extract printed on paper is returned, the competent authority shall, on request, give a receipt to the party concerned, or alternatively note and stamp a date of receipt on a printed copy produced by the party concerned.

[^ntr*11-L_202501271EN.000101-E0025]: Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (OJ L 82, 22.3.1997, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1997/515/oj)).’;"

• (6) in Article 14, paragraphs 3 to 6 are replaced by the following:

‘3.   Proof of the fulfilment of the obligation to have the products released for free circulation shall be retrieved from ELAN.

In case of unavailability of ELAN, the titular holder or transferee may submit the acceptance of the customs declaration retrieved from the customs database or a self-declaration stating the fulfilment of the obligation. Both documents shall be stamped and signed by customs authorities.

1. Proof of the fulfilment of the obligation to export shall be retrieved from ELAN.

When the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation apply, or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, the proof mentioned in the first sub-paragraph of this paragraph shall be either:

• (a) the titular holder’s or transferee’s copy of the licence or extract, stamped and signed by customs authorities; or

• (b) the exit certification by the customs office of export to the exporter or the declarant referred to in Article 334 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447.

1. The proof referred to in paragraph 4, second subparagraph, point (b), shall be provided and checked as follows:

• (a) the exporter or declarant referred to in paragraph 4, second subparagraph, point (b), shall transfer the exit certification to the titular holder, and the titular holder shall submit the proof in paper or electronic format to the licence issuing authority. If the exit certification is annulled due to corrections by the customs office of exit, the customs office of export shall inform the exporter or his customs representative, and the exporter or his customs representative shall inform the titular holder, who shall inform the licence issuing authority accordingly;

• (b) the procedure set out in point (a) shall include submission of the Master Reference Number (MRN) concerned as defined in Article 1, point (22), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446[^ntr*12-L_202501271EN.000101-E0026] to the licence issuing authority:

• (i) if more than one Member State is involved in the export procedure; or

• (ii) if the customs office of export is in another Member State than that of the licence issuing authority; or

• (iii) if the MRN is used in the export procedure completed within the Member State where the export declaration was lodged;

• (c) the licence issuing authority shall check the information received, including the correctness of the date of exit of the customs territory of the Union, on the basis of risk management. If the MRN and the MRN databank do not enable appropriate checks, customs shall, at the licence issuing authority’s request and on the basis of the MRN concerned, either confirm or correct the date of exit.

If the customs office of export is established in another Member State than the licence issuing authority, the procedures set out in Article 13(6), third subparagraph, apply mutatis mutandis.

Customs and licence issuing authorities may agree that the procedures set out in the first subparagraph are carried out directly between the authorities concerned. Licence issuing authorities may arrange simplified procedures for the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (a).

1. The competent authority shall retrieve from ELAN the proof of having the products released for free circulation in the Union before releasing the security for a licence, and in any case within 30 days after the expiry of the validity of the licence.

The competent authority shall retrieve from ELAN the proof of export and exit of the customs territory of the Union within 90 calendar days after the expiry of the licence.

When the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation apply, or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272:

• (a) the proof of having the products released for free circulation shall be received by the licence issuing authority within 60 calendar days of the expiry of the period of validity of the licence;

• (b) the proof of export and exit of the customs territory of the Union shall be received by the licence issuing authority within 180 calendar days after the expiry of the licence.

If the deadlines provided for in the first, second and third subparagraphs cannot be complied with due to technical problems, the licence issuing authority may, at the request of the titular holder, who shall submit proof to support its request, extend those periods, if necessary, ex post, up to a maximum of 730 calendar days, taking account of Article 24(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127[^ntr*12-L_202501271EN.000101-E0026].

[^ntr*12-L_202501271EN.000101-E0026]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code, (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2015/2446/oj)."

[^ntc*12-L_202501271EN.000101-E0026]  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code, (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2015/2446/oj)."

• (7) the title of Article 15 is replaced by the following:

‘ Replacement and duplicate licences or extracts issued during the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of that Implementing Regulation ’;

• (8) in Article 16(1), point (b) is replaced by the following:

• ‘(b) extend the period for the submission of the proof of release for free circulation or export as referred to in Article 14(6), third subparagraph, of this Regulation, within the limits set by that provision, without partial forfeiture of the security.’;

• (9) Article 19a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 19a

Notifications relating to rice

Member States shall notify the Commission on a daily basis the total quantities covered by import licences other than those intended for the management of tariff quotas by product code and by the origin indicated in the licence application.’

;

• (10) in Article 20, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.   Member States shall notify the Commission of impressions of the official stamps and, where appropriate, of the embossing presses to be used by authorities when the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of this Regulation apply, or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272. The Commission shall immediately inform the other Member States thereof on a secured website accessible only to Member States’ authorities.’

;

• (11) after Article 21, the following Articles 21a to 21d are inserted:

‘Article 21a

Voluntary use of ELAN

1. From 15 July 2025, licence issuing authorities of Member States may start issuing or transmitting licences in ELAN (acceptance environment).

1. Documents made available in ELAN (acceptance environment) shall count as tests performed by Member States and shall not have legal value.

1. ELAN (acceptance environment) shall remain available for Member States throughout the whole duration of the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, with the sole scope of allowing all users of ELAN to test the functioning of the system.

1. From the date laid down in paragraph 1, Member States may issue import and export licences in electronic or paper format using either:

• (a) the templates laid down in Annex I; or

• (b) the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models laid down in Annex I.1.

The documents referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b), may, in addition, be issued in ELAN (acceptance environment) or transmitted to that system.

1. From 19 January 2026, Member States may start issuing imports and export licences in ELAN or transmit them to that system.

Documents issued in ELAN or transmitted to that system in accordance with this paragraph shall have legal value and may be used for the release for free circulation or export of agricultural products.

Licence issuing authorities of Member States may issue licences in ELAN (acceptance environment) for testing purposes after the date laid down in the first subparagraph, provided that documents issued in that system shall not have legal value.

Article 21b

Mandatory use of ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models

1. From 18 January 2027, all licences shall be issued following the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models set out in Annex I.1, in accordance with the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union.

1. Licences issued in accordance with paragraph 1, or their extracts may be printed on paper only if they have been transmitted to ELAN, unless otherwise provided by the rules on contingency periods laid down in Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272.

When licence issuing authorities transmit a licence or extract to ELAN from their national electronic systems, they shall transmit also the quantity released for free circulation or exported under the licence or extract as it is recorded in the national system.

Licences printed in accordance with the first subparagraph shall bear a valid signature and the official stamp of the competent issuing authority.

Unless otherwise provided by the rules on contingency periods laid down in Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, licences or extracts printed on paper that have not been transmitted to ELAN shall not be used for the release for free circulation or the export of agricultural products.

1. Customs authorities shall validate the quantity released for free circulation or exported with a signature and stamp in the case of a paper licence, or by an electronic validation system in the case of an electronic licence.

All quantity attributions made on printed licences or extracts shall be encoded by the competent licence issuing authority within two working days from the return of the licence or extract, starting from the beginning of day following the date of the return.

1. Where licences or extracts, are printed on paper in accordance with paragraph 2, the corresponding copies in the national electronic system shall not be used for release for free circulation of goods in the Union territory or to export goods from the Union territory until the paper copy is returned and the licence issuing authority has:

• (a) encoded the quantity released for free circulation or exported under the licence or extract in ELAN and in the national system; and

• (b) indicated that the licence or extract will be used outside ELAN.

1. Where licences or extracts are printed on paper in accordance with paragraph 2, the equivalent electronic licences or extracts available in ELAN shall not be used for release for free circulation of goods in the Union territory or to export goods from the Union territory.

The electronic licences or extracts may be used only once operators have returned the corresponding printed licences or extracts to the licence issuing authorities, and the attributions made by customs authorities have been encoded in ELAN and, if applicable, in the national electronic system.

1. Customs authorities shall accept paper licences issued in accordance with the template for licences laid down in Annex I, provided that they have been issued before the date laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article and that they are still valid according to the relevant Union legislation.

Article 21c

Mandatory availability of licences in ELAN

1. From 17 January 2028 all import and export licences shall be issued in ELAN or transmitted to it from national electronic systems. As of that date, licences not available in ELAN shall not have legal value and shall not be used for release for free circulation or export of goods.

1. Licences or extracts shall be printed on paper only if they have been transmitted to ELAN, unless otherwise provided by the rules on contingency periods laid down in Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272.

1. When customs authorities indicate the quantity released for free circulation or exported on electronic licences or extracts in the national electronic system, licence issuing authorities shall encode or transmit these attributions in ELAN within two working days from the day following the date of attribution.

Article 21d

Mandatory use of ELAN

1. From 6 October 2028, automatic verifications by customs authorities of import and export licences and the reporting of cleared quantities to ELAN shall take place via EU CSW-CERTEX in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2399.

1. Licences or extracts issued before the date laid down in paragraph 1 and printed on paper shall not be used after that date and shall be returned to the relevant licence issuing authorities.

1. Licence issuing authorities shall encode or transmit to ELAN all data concerning licences or extracts returned in accordance with the first subparagraph, and the available quantity shall take into account all quantities released for free circulation or exported indicated in the returned licences.

1. Once encoded in accordance with paragraph 2, licences shall be valid to be used in ELAN.’

;

• (12) Annexes I.1 and III, the texts of which are set out in Annex I to this Regulation, are inserted.

Article 2

Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Other applicable rules

Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr14-L_202501271EN.000101-E0028], Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014[^ntr15-L_202501271EN.000101-E0029], Implementing Regulations (EU) 2015/2447 and (EU) 2016/1239, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272[^ntr*16-L_202501271EN.000101-E0030] shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation.

, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/952/oj)."

[^ntr*15-L_202501271EN.000101-E0029]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 59, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2014/908/oj)."

[^ntr*16-L_202501271EN.000101-E0030]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 of 6 May 2025 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (“ELAN”) (OJ L, 2025/1272, 10.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1272/oj).’;"

• (2) in Article 6, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.   By way of derogation from paragraph 3, where a tariff quota covers different product codes, origins or different duty rates, operators may apply for the different product codes or countries of origin or different duty rates per month. Such applications shall be lodged at the same time. The licence issuing authorities shall regard them as a single application.

Moreover, by way of derogation from paragraph 3, where the relevant tariff quota fiches in Annexes II to XII indicate codes preceded by ex, operators can submit licence applications either indicating the relevant TARIC codes, or the relevant codes preceded by ex.’

;

• (3) Article 7 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

Details to be entered in certain sections of import and export licence applications

1. Applications for ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX licences shall be submitted in accordance with Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239.

1. When, in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 import and export licence application forms set out in Annex I to that Implementing Regulation may still be used, the following sections shall be filled in as follows:

• (a) in Section 20 of the import licence application form, the following shall be indicated:

• (i) the order number of the import tariff quota;

• (ii) the ad valorem and specific customs duty (“in-quota customs duty”) applicable to the product concerned;

• (b) where specified in Annexes II to XIII to this Regulation, in Section 7 of the export licence application form, the country of destination shall be indicated and the box “yes” in that section shall be crossed;

• (c) where specified in Annexes II to XIII to this Regulation, in Section 8 of the import licence application form, the country of origin shall be indicated and the box “yes” in that section shall be crossed.

1. Member States that have an electronic application and registration system shall register the details referred to in paragraph 2 in that system.’

;

• (4) in Article 11, the following paragraphs 5 and 6 are added:

‘5.   Licences for tariff quotas governed by this Regulation shall be issued for quantities expressed in product weight, except when the relevant tariff quota fiches in Annexes II to XII indicate the total available quantity for the quota in a calculated weight equivalent, and the competent authorities shall indicate the overall quantity covered by the licence.

1. Where the relevant tariff quota fiches in Annexes II to XII indicate codes preceded by ex, the competent authorities shall issue the licences for the relevant codes preceded by ex.’

;

• (5) Article 12 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 12

Details to be entered in certain sections of import and export licences

1. Import and export licences shall be issued in accordance with the rules laid down in Annex I.1 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 and to the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union referred to in Article 1(1), point (j) of that Regulation.

1. Member States that have a national electronic system shall adapt their system to issue licences in accordance with paragraph 1.

1. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, when, in accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, import and export licences can be issued in accordance with Annex I to that Implementing Regulation, the following sections of the templates set out in that Annex shall be filled in as follows:

• (a) Section 20 of the import licence shall indicate the order number of the import tariff quota;

• (b) Section 24 of the import licence shall indicate the ad valorem and specific customs duty (“in-quota customs duty”) applicable to the product concerned;

• (c) where specified in Annexes II to XIII to this Regulation, Section 8 of the import licence shall indicate the country of origin and the box “yes” in that section shall be crossed out;

• (d) Section 19 of the import and export licence shall indicate an excess tolerance of 0, except for products subject to an import licence listed in Part I of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237, for which the excess tolerance shall be 5 % and Section 24 of the import licence shall contain the statement “In-quota duty applicable to the quantity specified in Sections 17 and 18”, as laid down in Part A of Annex XVIII to this Regulation;

• (e) Section 24 of the import licence or Section 22 of the export licence shall contain the statement that “Article 3(4) of Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 shall not apply”, as laid down in Part B of Annex XVIII.’

;

• (6) in Article 15, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Where required by Annexes II to XIII, a valid proof of origin in accordance with Annex XIV.8 shall accompany the licence and the customs declaration and be made available via ELAN to the customs authorities of Member States. The documents required for the proof of origin are listed for each tariff quota in those Annexes.

During the transitional periods laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, the proof of origin may be presented even if not made available via ELAN, if the rules laid down in Articles 72a to 72d of this Regulation allow so.’

;

• (7) Article 15a is replaced by the following:

‘Article 15a

Certificates of origin in electronic format

1. When the rules applicable to a tariff rate quota require that agricultural products to be released for free circulation in the Union territory are accompanied by a document issued by third countries in accordance with this Article, the document shall follow the ELAN data model in compliance with Annex XIV.8 to this Regulation. Articles 57, 58 and 59 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 apply to that document, with the exception of Article 57(1) of that Implementing Regulation.

1. During the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d of this Regulation, where Annexes II to XIII to this Regulation and Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 refer to this Article, a certificate of origin relating to products having their origin in a third country for which special non-preferential import arrangements are established may be issued based on:

• (a) the template set out in Annex 22-14 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447;

• (b) the template set out in Part B of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988; or

• (c) the form set out in Annex XVII to this Regulation in compliance with the technical specifications laid down therein.’

;

• (8) in Article 16, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:

‘3.   During the transitional period laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, Member States that do not make their licences available in ELAN shall notify the Commission of the quantities covered by import and export licences they have issued for each tariff quota, at the latest:

• (a) on the last day of the month, where applications for licences for a tariff quota are submitted in the first seven calendar days of the month;

• (b) on 31 December, where applications for licences for a tariff quota are submitted from 23 to 30 November.

In the circumstances referred to in Article 11(3), second subparagraph, the notification shall be submitted within seven days from the day in which the Commission published the allocation coefficient. In the circumstances referred to in Article 11(4), second subparagraph, the notification shall be submitted within fourteen days from the day in which the Commission published the allocation coefficient.

1. In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, Member States that do not issue licences using ELAN shall notify the Commission of the unused quantities covered by the issued import and export licences at the request of the Commission. Unused quantities shall correspond to the difference between the quantities entered on the back of the import or export licences and the quantities for which those licences were issued.

1. In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, Member States that do not issue licences using ELAN shall notify the unused quantities covered by import or export licences to the Commission within four months or 210 calendar days respectively, following the expiry of the period of validity of the licences concerned.

In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, for import licences, Member States that do not issue licences using ELAN shall notify the quantities released for free circulation during the preceding import tariff quota period, within four months following the end of the tariff quota period.

The unused quantities covered by import licences based on documents issued by third countries shall not be notified.’

;

• (9) Article 17 is amended as follows:

• (a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.   For each certificate of authenticity, IMA1 certificate, or certificate of eligibility lodged by an operator in relation to tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries, Member States shall make the corresponding licence available in ELAN.

Only licences available in ELAN shall be valid, except where Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 applies.

In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, Member States that do not issue licences using ELAN shall notify the Commission, for each certificate of authenticity, IMA 1 certificate, or certificate of eligibility lodged by an operator in relation to tariff quotas managed with documents issued by third countries, of the number of the corresponding licence they have issued and the quantity covered by that licence. The notification shall be made before the issued licence is made available to the operator.’

;

• (b) paragraph 8 is replaced by the following:

‘8.   The notifications to the Commission referred to in this Regulation shall be made in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2017/1183[^ntr17-L_202501271EN.000101-E0031] and (EU) 2025/1269[^ntr18-L_202501271EN.000101-E0032], and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1185[^ntr*19-L_202501271EN.000101-E0033] and (EU) 2025/1272.

[^ntr*17-L_202501271EN.000101-E0031]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1183 of 20 April 2017 on supplementing Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the notifications to the Commission of information and documents (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 100, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2017/1183/oj)."

[^ntr*18-L_202501271EN.000101-E0032]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 of 28 April 2025 laying down rules supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (“ELAN”) to monitor and manage trade and market in agricultural products (OJ L, 2025/1269, 10.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1269/oj)."

[^ntr*19-L_202501271EN.000101-E0033]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185 of 20 April 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards notifications to the Commission of information and documents and amending and repealing several Commission Regulations ( OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 113, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2017/1185/oj).’;"

• (10) Articles 22 and 23 are replaced by the following:

‘Article 22

Application and licence content

1. The ELAN1L-AGRIM licence in Section “Destination” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of:

• (a) Spain, for tariff quotas with order number 09.4120 and 09.4122; and

• (b) Portugal, for tariff quota with order number 09.4121.

• 1. Import licence applications for tariff quotas referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), may indicate either the full name of the country of destination or the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

• 1. In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, import licence applications and licences issued in accordance with Annex I to that Implementing Regulation shall in all cases mention in Section 24 one of the entries listed in Annex XIV.1 to this Regulation.

Article 23

Notifications to the Commission

From the date of application of the zero-import duty referred to in Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 and no later than 18.00 (Brussels time) on the 15th day of each month, the Spanish and Portuguese competent authorities shall notify the Commission, by electronic tools, of the total quantities covered by licence applications by order number.

In accordance with the transitional rules laid down in Articles 21a to 21d of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239, and unless they issue licences in ELAN, before the end of the month the Spanish and Portuguese competent authorities shall notify the Commission, by electronic tools of the total quantities by CN code for which import licences have been issued.’

;

• (11) Articles 28 and 29 are replaced by the following:

‘Article 28

Export documents