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Official TranscriptOfficial Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1459 25.7.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1459 of 24 July 2025 on the derogations from the rules of origin laid down in Protocol 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, that...
Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1459 25.7.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/1459 of 24 July 2025 on the derogations from the rules of origin laid down in Protocol 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, that apply within quotas for certain products from Tunisia THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code(1), and in particular Article 58(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 1/2025 of the EU-Tunisia Association Council amending the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), by replacing Protocol 4 thereto concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation(2) was adopted on 22 January 2025 and entered into force on that date.
(2) Article 6 of Protocol 4 provides for derogations from the rules of origin set out in that Protocol in the framework of annual quotas granted to Tunisia for a period of five years. It is therefore necessary to lay down the conditions for the application of that derogation for imports from Tunisia.
(3) Article 1(1) of Appendix B to Protocol 4 provides that entitlement to benefit from the derogations is to be subject to the presentation of the relevant proof of origin to the customs authorities.
(4) Article 1(4) of Appendix B to Protocol 4 provides that the Union is to manage those quotas on a first-come, first- served basis. The Commission is to manage those quotas in accordance with the rules on the management of tariff quotas laid down in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447(3).
(5) To ensure the effective application and management of the quotas granted under Protocol 4, this Regulation should apply from 22 January 2025, date of entry into force of that Protocol.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
(1) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/952/oj.
(2) Decision No 1/2025 of the EU-Tunisia Association Council of 22 January 2025 amending the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, by replacing Protocol No 4 thereto concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (OJ L, 2025/324, 20.2.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/324/oj).
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 558, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2015/2447/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/oj 1/6EN OJ L, 25.7.2025
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1 Union annual quotas are opened for goods originating in Tunisia as set out in the Annex and shall apply for a period of five years.
Article 2 To benefit from the derogations set out in Article 6 of Protocol 4 to the Agreement, the products listed in the Annex shall be accompanied by a movement certificate EUR.1 as set out in that Protocol, containing in box 7 the statement in French:
‘Dérogation – Appendice B du Protocole 4’.
Article 3 The quotas set out in the Annex shall be managed in accordance with Articles 49 to 54 of Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2015/2447.
Article 4 The drawings made from each annual quota shall be stopped on the twentieth working day of the Commission following the end of the annual period. Where less than 85 % of the volume of the listed annual quota is used in year N, the allocation of the quota for that specific line shall be carried over to a limit of 15 % of the quota for year N to the following year N+1.
Article 5 In the context of the management of products benefitting from the listed annual quotas, where a quota is exhausted, its initial volume is automatically increased by 10 % of the total volume of the quota provided for in year N+1. The volume of the quota for year N+1 shall be then limited to 90 %. The volumes not used in year N shall be added to those 90 % of the quota for year N+1.
Article 6 For the purposes of this Regulation and for the purposes of quotas management, ‘year’ shall mean, for the first year, the period of 12 months from 22 January 2025, the date of entry into force of Protocol 4 to the Agreement and, for subsequent years, the period of 12 months from the end of the preceding year.
Article 7 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 22 January 2025.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 July 2025.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/6 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/ojEN OJ L, 25.7.2025 ANNEX Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the derogation being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the Combined Nomenclature codes (CN 2025)(1).
Working or Annual quota for Annual quota for processing carried Tunisian exports to Tunisian exports Combined out on non- the European to the European
Order No. Nomenclature Product description originating Union: Union: (CN 2025) materials from the first year from the fourth conferring to the end of the year to the end of originating status third year the fifth year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
09.1228 6103 42 00 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 139 000 units 108 000 units trousers, bib and and making up brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton
09.1229 6103 49 00 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 101 700 units 71 100 units trousers, bib and and making up brace overalls, breeches and shorts of textile materials other than wool, cotton or synthetic fibres
09.1230 6104 62 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 310 000 units 213 000 units trousers, bib and and making up brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton
09.1231 6104 63 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 248 600 units 174 200 units trousers, bib and and making up brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres
09.1232 6105 10 00 Men’s or boys’ shirts Cutting of fabric 235 000 units 160 500 units of cotton, knitted or and making up crocheted
09.1233 6106 20 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 71 200 units 51 600 units blouses, shirts and and making up shirt-blouses of man- made fibres, knitted or crocheted
09.1234 6108 22 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 610 500 units 416 000 units briefs and panties of and making up man-made fibres
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2522 of 23 September 2024 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L, 2024/2522, 31.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2522/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/oj 3/6EN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Working or Annual quota for Annual quota for processing carried Tunisian exports to Tunisian exports Combined out on non- the European to the European
Order No. Nomenclature Product description originating Union: Union: (CN 2025) materials from the first year from the fourth conferring to the end of the year to the end of originating status third year the fifth year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
09.1235 6108 31 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 113 000 units 76 800 units nightdresses and and making up pyjamas of cotton
09.1236 6109 10 00, T-shirts, singlets and Cutting of fabric 4 764 080 units 2 635 800 units 6109 90 20 other vests, of cotton, and making up of wool or fine animal hair or of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted
09.1237 6112 31 90 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 237 300 units 160 400 units swimwear of and making up synthetic fibres
09.1238 6112 41 90 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 768 400 units 595 900 units swimwear of and making up synthetic fibres
09.1239 6201 30 10 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 45 000 units 33 000 units overcoats, car-coats, and making up capes, cloaks, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of cotton
09.1240 6201 40 10 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 54 000 units 42 000 units overcoats, car-coats, and making up capes, anoraks, wind- jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres
09.1241 6201 90 00 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 26 000 units 20 000 units overcoats, car-coats, and making up capes, cloaks, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of other textile materials
09.1242 6203 23 10 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 113 000 units 88 300 units industrial and and making up occupational ensembles of synthetic fibres
09.1243 6203 32 10 Men’s or boys’ jackets Cutting of fabric 84 750 units 65 300 units and blazers of cotton, and making up industrial and occupational 4/6 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/ojEN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Working or Annual quota for Annual quota for processing carried Tunisian exports to Tunisian exports Combined out on non- the European to the European
Order No. Nomenclature Product description originating Union: Union: (CN 2025) materials from the first year from the fourth conferring to the end of the year to the end of originating status third year the fifth year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
09.1244 6203 33 10 Men’s or boys’ jackets Cutting of fabric 120 000 units 94 000 units and blazers of and making up synthetic fibres, industrial and occupational
09.1245 6203 42 11 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 237 300 units 194 800 units industrial and and making up occupational trousers and breeches of cotton
09.1246 6203 42 31 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 3 220 000 units 2 540 000 units trousers and breeches and making up of cotton denim
09.1247 6203 42 35 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 791 000 units 630 000 units trousers and breeches and making up of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)
09.1248 6203 42 90 Men’s or boys’ shorts Cutting of fabric 140 000 units 100 000 units of cotton and making up
09.1249 6203 43 11 Men’s or boys’ work Cutting of fabric 240 000 units 170 000 units trousers and breeches and making up of synthetic fibres
09.1250 6203 49 90 Men’s or boys’ Cutting of fabric 60 500 units 56 000 units trousers, bib and and making up brace, overalls breeches and shorts of textile materials other than wool, cotton or man-made fibres
09.1251 6204 42 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 90 400 units 71 000 units dresses of cotton and making up
09.1252 6204 43 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 210 000 units 160 000 units dresses of synthetic and making up fibres
09.1253 6204 44 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 150 000 units 122 000 units dresses of artificial and making up fibres
09.1254 6204 62 31 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 1 515 000 units 1 390 000 units cotton denim trousers and making up and breeches
09.1255 6204 62 39 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 580 000 units 470 000 units trousers and breeches and making up of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/oj 5/6EN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Working or Annual quota for Annual quota for processing carried Tunisian exports to Tunisian exports Combined out on non- the European to the European
Order No. Nomenclature Product description originating Union: Union: (CN 2025) materials from the first year from the fourth conferring to the end of the year to the end of originating status third year the fifth year
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
09.1256 6205 20 00 Men’s or boys’ shirts Cutting of fabric 247 000 units 170 000 units of cotton and making up
09.1257 6206 40 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 280 000 units 200 000 units blouses, shirts and and making up shirt-blouses of man- made fibres
09.1258 6211 12 00 Women’s or girls’ Cutting of fabric 300 000 units 240 000 units swimwear and making up
09.1259 6212 10 90 Brassieres of all types Cutting of fabric 995 000 units 800 000 units of textile materials and making up 6/6 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1459/oj