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

Type Implementing Regulation
Publication 2025-07-10
State In force
Text As published
Department AGRI, European Commission
Source EUR-Lex
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‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus, Russia, and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus, Russia and the United Kingdom; — Section “‘Destination” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Spain.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Belarus, Russia and the United Kingdom; — Section “Destination” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Portugal.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” of the import licence shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of India, Pakistan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Australia, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Australia, Guyana, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Export certificate”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the second paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of Authenticity”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin; — Section “Special conditions/special particulars” shall indicate codes “SUG01” and “SUG02”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin; — Section “Special conditions/special particulars” shall indicate the code “SUG02”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin; — Section “Special conditions/special particulars” shall indicate code “SUG03”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom. — Section “Special conditions/special particulars” shall indicate the codes SUG01 and SUG02.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in Article 57 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in accordance with Article 15a(1) of this Regulation shall indicate the subtype “Certificate of origin”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in Article 35, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Export licence”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Sections “Exporting country” and “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the exporting country and of the country of origin, respectively.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Argentina, China and the United Kingdom.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d of this Regulation allow to use the document mentioned in Article 57 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in accordance with Article 15a(1) of this Regulation, subtype “Certificate of origin”, for Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, issued by the competent national authorities of that country.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of China and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin; — if the import licence application concerns several products covered by different CN codes, all the CN codes shall be entered in section “Product list. CN code” and their descriptions in section “Product list. Description in accordance with the Combined Nomenclature (CN)” of the licence application and the licence itself. The total quantity shall be converted into carcass weight equivalent.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of Authenticity”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of Authenticity”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of eligibility”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of eligibility”.’
‘Product codes ex 0401 40 , ex 0401 50 , 0403 20 ’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model: — Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin; — Section “TCDOC number” shall contain the number of the IMA1 certificate.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “IMA1”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “IMA1”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of eligibility”.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in compliance with Annex XIV.8 shall indicate subtype “Certificate of eligibility”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model, section “Special conditions / special particulars” shall indicate the code “MI02”.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin. If the import licence application concerns several products covered by different CN codes, all the CN codes shall be entered in section “Product list. CN code” and their descriptions in section “Product list. Description in accordance with the Combined Nomenclature (CN)” of the licence application and the licence itself. The total quantity shall be converted into carcass weight equivalent.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Country of origin” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of origin.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Argentina, Brazil, Thailand and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Brazil, Thailand and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Brazil and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Thailand and the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the United Kingdom.’
‘On licences based on the ELAN1L-AGRIM data model Section “Excluded origins” shall indicate the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of China.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Articles 72a to 72d, allow to use the document mentioned in Article 15a(2), point (c), the ELAN1L-TCDOC issued in accordance with Article 15a(1) shall indicate subtype “Certificate of origin”.’
‘Specific conditions In accordance with Articles 58 to 63. Section “Special conditions / special particulars” of the ELAN1L-AGREX licence shall indicate the code “US01”.’
‘Specific conditions In accordance with Articles 64 and 71. Section “Special conditions/special particulars” of the ELAN1L-AGREX licence shall indicate the code “CA03” and – depending on the applicable Union rules – either “CA01” or “CA02”.’

‘XIV.8 –   Uniform data model for third country documents (ELAN1L-TCDOC)

Where required by Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988, the competent authorities in third countries shall issue specific documents to prove the origin or the conformity to certain standards of the products to be imported into the Union.

The following ELAN1L-TCDOC data model lays down the information that the competent issuing authorities in third countries shall indicate in those documents.

EUROPEAN UNION – THIRD COUNTRY DOCUMENT (ELAN1L-TCDOC)

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    1. Documents issued in accordance with the ELAN1L-TCDOC data model shall always indicate the following data:
  • (a) document type shall be “TCDOC”;

Section “Product specifications to declare conformity” shall be filled in with free text by the issuing authority in the third country, indicating the specifications laid down in the following table. The column “TRQ” specifies which tariff quotas require that the documents issued by third countries contain the relevant specifications.

Product specifications to declare conformity TRQ
To specify the type of Thai rice and the HS Code number. 09.4128 09.4149
To specify that the rice described in this document is one of the varieties of fragrant rice listed in Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 and that the information shown in this certificate is correct. 09.4731
To specify if the beef described in this document complies with the specifications for high-quality beef or with the specifications for buffalo meat. 09.4001 09.4002 09.4004 09.4450 09.4451 09.4452 09.4453 09.4454 09.4455
To specify that the goods described in this document were subjected to health inspection and correspond to the definition contained in Annex II to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade related matters between the European Community and the country indicated in Section “Country of origin” set out in Decision 2010/36/EC. 09.4198 09.4199 09.4200 09.4504 09.4505
To specify that that the goods described in this document correspond to the definition contained in Annex VIII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761. 09.4202
To specify that the raw material used is “exclusively home-produced cows’ milk” and that the cheese is intended for processing. 09.4516 09.4521 09.4522
To specify the raw material used as “From milk or cream”. 09.4523 09.4524 09.4525
To specify that: — the particulars set out in this document are accurate and comply with the Union provisions in force; — the products are from bovine animals that have been raised under New Zealand’s pastoral farming conditions, i.e. excluding commercial feedlots; — the products represent xxxx.xx kg carcase weight equivalent of the total quantity covered by the order number indicated in Section “TRQ number”. 09.4456
To specify that the particulars set out in this document are accurate and comply with the Union provisions in force. 09.4518 09.4519 09.4520
To specify that the product specifications contained in this document are correct. 09.0141 09.0165 09.0166 09.0167 09.0168 09.0169 09.0170 09.0171
To specify that this document covers sweet oranges of similar varietal characteristics which are mature, firm, well-formed, fairly well-coloured, of fairly smooth texture and are free from decay, broken skins which are not healed, hard or dry skins, exanthema, growth cracks, bruises (except those incident to proper handling and packing), and are free from damage caused by dryness or mushy condition, split, rough, wide or protruding navels, creasing, scars, oil spots, scale, sunburn, dirt or other foreign material, disease, insects or damage caused by mechanical or other means, provided that no more than 15 % of the fruit in any lot fails to meet these specifications and, included in this amount, not more than 5 % shall be allowed for defects causing serious damage, and, included in this latter amount, not more than 0,5 % may be affected by decay. 09.0025
To specify that the citrus described in this document are fresh citrus hybrid of the variety Minneola (Citrus paradisi macf. C.V. Duncan and Citrus reticulata blanco C.V. Dancy). 09.0027
To specify that the frozen concentrated orange juice described in this document has a density of 1,229 g/cm3 or less and does not contain blood orange juice. 09.0033
To specify that the thin skirt described in this certificate complies with the specification provided for in Article 20 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 within the limit set out in Annex I to that Implementing Regulation and that it originates in Argentina. 09.0143
To specify that the beef described in this document complies with the product specification provided. 09.2201 09.2202 09.2203

The following table provides the standard sentence to be introduced in this Section, and lists the tariff quotas that shall be accompanied by a document issued by third countries bearing such declaration of origin:

Declaration of origin TRQ numbers TRQ numbers
It is hereby certified that above mentioned products originate in the country indicated under Section “Country of origin”. 09.4128 09.4149 09.4181 09.4001 09.4002 09.4004 09.4450 09.4451 09.4452 09.4453 09.4454 09.4455 09.4198 09.4199 09.4200 09.4202 09.4504 09.4505 09.4456 09.4317 09.4318 09.4354 09.4355 09.4319 09.4321 09.4329 09.4330 09.4287 09.4169 09.4211 09.4212 09.4214 09.4215 09.4217 09.4251 09.4252 09.4253 09.4254 09.4255 09.4256 09.4257 09.4258 09.4259 09.4410 09.4411 09.4420 09.4269 09.4283 09.4289 09.4290 09.0090 09.0124 09.0125 09.0126 09.0127 09.0141 09.0165 09.0166 09.0167 09.0168 09.0169 09.0170 09.0171

These documents shall have a validity of 12 months from the date of issue.

Documents of the subtype “Certificate of origin” issued retrospectively shall bear in Section “Additional particulars” the following indication in one of the official languages of the Union:

ANNEX III

In Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, after Annex XVII, the following Annex XVIII is added:

‘ANNEX XVIII

PART A

PART B

’

ANNEX IV

Annexes I and II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 are amended as follows:

‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Article 31c of this Regulation allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, ELAN1L-TCDOC issued by the competent authorities as provided for in Article 15a of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761, in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.’
‘Unless the rules applicable during the transitional period laid down in Article 31c of this Regulation allow to use the document mentioned in the first paragraph of this row, ELAN1L-TCDOC issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex XIV.8 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761.’
‘Order number 09.0141 – Husked rice 09.0165 – Paddy rice 09.0166 – Wholly milled rice (medium-grained or long-grained) 09.0167 – Wholly milled rice (round-grained) 09.0170 – Wholly milled rice (other rice) 09.0168 – Semi-milled rice (medium-grained or long-grained) 09.0169 – Semi-milled rice (round-grained) 09.0171 – Semi-milled rice (other rice)’
‘Product description and CN codes Husked rice: 1006 20 Paddy rice: 1006 10 30 1006 10 50 1006 10 71 1006 10 79 Wholly milled rice (medium-grained or long-grained): 1006 30 63 1006 30 65 1006 30 67 1006 30 94 1006 30 96 1006 30 98 Wholly milled rice (round-grained): 1006 30 61 1006 30 92 Wholly milled rice (other rice): 1006 30 69 1006 30 99 Semi-milled rice (medium-grained or long-grained): 1006 30 23 1006 30 25 1006 30 27 1006 30 44 1006 30 46 1006 30 48 Semi-milled rice (round-grained): 1006 30 21 1006 30 42 Semi-milled rice (other rice): 1006 30 29 1006 30 49 ’

‘B.   Tariff quotas under order numbers 09.0141, 09.0165, 09.0166, 09.0167, 09.0168, 09.0169, 09.0170 and 09.0171’.

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