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Notifying
Member
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European Union
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Title
of new legislation/procedure
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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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Date
of Publication
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10 July 2025
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Date
of entry into force
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11 July 2025
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5
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Website
link/Official publication of the new regulation/procedure
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http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1271/oj
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6
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Have
you attached a copy of the regulation (PDF) to the Secretariat
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[ ] Yes. (Please attach a copy of
the regulation to the notification.)
[X] No.
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7
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Type
of notification
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[ ] (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/9 (Regulation 2016/1239), _G/LIC/N/2/EU/13 (Regulation 2020/761 (please answer question 15 and 16)
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8
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List
of products subject to licensing
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9
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Nature
of licensing
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Automatic: [ ]
Non-Automatic: [ ]
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10
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Administrative purpose/measure being implemented
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(a)
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Protect public
morals;
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(b)
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Protect human, animal or
plant life and health; protect environment;
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(c)
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Collect trade statistics or
market surveillance;
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(d)
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Protection of patents,
trademarks and copyrights, and the prevention of deceptive practices;
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(e)
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Pursue obligations under the
UN Charter and other international treaties (i.e.
CITES, Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, UNSC Resolutions etc.)
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(f)
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Quota (including TRQ)
administration;
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(g)
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Regulate imports of arms,
ammunition or fissionable materials and safeguard national security;
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(h)
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Other: ______ (please
specify)
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11
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Administrative
body(ies) for
submission
of applications
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12
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Contact
point for information on eligibility
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13
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Expected
duration of licensing procedure
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14
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A summary of the notification in one of the WTO
official languages
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15
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In the case of 7(b), please indicate the type of
new change(s)
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(a)
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Termination
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(b)
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Suspension
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(c)
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Modification
of specific details in existing
procedures:
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Product coverage;
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Administrative purpose;
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Automatic or Non-automatic;
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Duration of licensing;
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Change the nature of quantity/value restriction;
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Eligibility of applicants;
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Contact information on eligibility;
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Administrative body(ies) for submission of application;
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Documentation requirements (including application form);
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Period for Application;
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Administrative body(ies) to issue licence;
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Processing time for issuing licence;
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Licence fee/administrative charge;
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Deposit/advance payment and relevant conditions;
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Appeal regulations/procedures;
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Validity of licence;
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Other conditions of licence (extension, transferability, penalty of
non-use etc.);
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Foreign exchange requirements;
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Other: ________
(please specify)
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Please elaborate the changes in detail (in one
of the WTO official languages)
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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, 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.
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.
Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 (3) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2025/1272 establishes an electronic system for agricultural non-customs
formalities ('ELAN') to make the documents falling under its scope available
in electronic form to customs authorities.
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Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 lays down rules for the issue of import and export
licences for trade of agricultural products, Commission Implementing
Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2023/2834 lay down rules for tariff rate
quotas managed with licences and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU)
2020/1988 lays down rules for tariff rate quotas managed in accordance with
the 'first come first served' principle.
Those Implementing
Regulations are amended by this Regulation to 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.
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.
EU Member States and
third-country authorities are allowed enough time to adapt their systems and
their procedures to the use of ELAN to perform their operations. Therefore,
transitional rules are 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.
From 15 July 2025, all ELAN
users are allowed to test ELAN and enter the system in its 'acceptance
environment'. Documents transmitted or created in this environment are mere
tests and not have any legal value, nor be used for operations of customs
clearance. During the testing period ELAN users, have access to ELAN in
acceptance environment to test the system.
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After the test period, ELAN
shall be put in production, and from 19 January 2026 licence issuing
authorities of EU 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.
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.
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.
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').
The 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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