Committee on Import Licensing - Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures - Notification under article 5.1 to 5.4 - European Union

AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES

NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 TO 5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT[1]

European Union

The following communication, dated 22 December 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the European Union.

 

 

Category

Notification details

1

Notifying Member

European Union

2

Title of new legislation/procedure

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1268 of 6 May 2025 amending Delegated Regulations (EU) 2016/1237 and (EU) 2020/760 as a consequence of the establishment of the Electronic system for Agricultural Non-customs formalities (ELAN)

3

Date of Publication

10 July 2025

4

Date of entry into force

11 July 2025

5

Website link/Official publication of the new regulation/procedure

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/1268/oj

6

Have you attached a copy of the regulation (PDF) to the Secretariat

[ ] Yes. (Please attach a copy of the regulation to the notification.)

 

[X] No.

7

Type of notification

[ ] (a) New licensing regulation/procedure[2]; (please answer question 8 to 14)

 

[X] (b) Changes to a regulation/procedure which has been previously notified in document: _G/LIC/N/2/EU/13 (2020/760), _G/LIC/N/2/EU/9 (2016/1237); (please answer question 15 and 16)

8

List of products subject to licensing

 

9

Nature of licensing

Automatic: [ ]

 

Non-Automatic: [ ]

10

Administrative purpose/measure being implemented

(a)

Protect public morals;

(b)

Protect human, animal or plant life and health; protect environment;

(c)

Collect trade statistics or market surveillance;

(d)

Protection of patents, trademarks and copyrights, and the prevention of deceptive practices;

(e)

Pursue obligations under the UN Charter and other international treaties (i.e. CITES, Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)

(f)

Quota (including TRQ) administration;

(g)

Regulate imports of arms, ammunition or fissionable materials and safeguard national security;

(h)

Other: ______________ (please specify)

11

Administrative body(ies) for

submission of applications

 

Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]

Address: [ ]

Website: [ ]

Telephone: [ ]

E-Mail: [ ]

12

Contact point for information on eligibility

Ministry/authority and Department: [ ]

Address: [ ]

Website: [ ]

Telephone:  [ ]

E-Mail: [ ]

13

Expected duration of licensing procedure

 

 

14

A summary of the notification in one of the WTO official languages

 

 

 

15

In the case of 7(b), please indicate the type of new change(s)

(a)

Termination

(b)

Suspension

(c)

Modification of specific details in existing

procedures:

Product coverage;

Administrative purpose;

Automatic or Non-automatic;

Duration of licensing;

Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;

Eligibility of applicants;

Contact information on eligibility;

Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;

Documentation requirements (including application form);

Period for Application;

Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;

Processing time for issuing licence;

Licence fee/administrative charge;

Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;

Appeal regulations/procedures;

Validity of licence;

Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, penalty of non-use etc.);

Foreign exchange requirements;

Other: ________ (please specify)

16

Please elaborate the changes in detail (in one of the WTO official languages)

Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 (EU CSW-CERTEX), the national single window environments for customs, and various Union non-customs systems the use of which is either mandatory or voluntary under Union law.

 

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

 

 

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 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.

 

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 lays down rules for applying the system of import and export licences for trade of agricultural products and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 lays down rules for the administration of import and export tariff rate quotas subject to licences. Those Delegated Regulations are amended by this Regulation so 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.

 

The electronic exchange of licences via ELAN and EU CSW-CERTEX require the gradual replacement of the templates for import and export licences set out in Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 with new data models designed for ELAN, called ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX, that are to allow their use in electronic form via the communication between the national electronic systems, ELAN, and EU CSW-CERTEX.

 

This Regulation takes into account that the use of ELAN is to become gradually mandatory in accordance with the dates of the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272. During the transitional period laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Article, licences may be based on the templates set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239. In addition, during the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 and until the use of ELAN becomes mandatory for customs authorities, documents falling under the scope of ELAN may be printed on paper.

 

Moreover, the use of documents printed on paper may still be possible when the use of ELAN has become mandatory, as a fallback solution if the system becomes temporarily unavailable. This Regulation allows for this possibility.

 

 

 

This Regulation entered 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.

 

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[1] It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under Article 1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure notified for by filling this form in a full and complete manner.

[2] "New licensing regulation/procedure" is understood to refer to any newly introduced law, regulation or procedure, and those which are in force but being notified for the first time to the Committee.