Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2173 of 29 October 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 as regards proof of origin for certain tariff rate quotas in the poultry sector and as regards the information to be mentioned on digital certificates of origin

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/2173 30.10.2025 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2173 of 29 October 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 as regards proof of origin for certain tariff rate quotas in the poultry sector and as regards the information to be mentioned on digital certificates of origin 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(1), and in particular Article 187 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761(2) lays down the rules for the management of import and export tariff rate quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import and export licences and to that end provides for specific rules.

(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 requires the submission of a certificate of origin for tariff rate quotas

09.4410 and 09.4420 since 1 June 2021. Before that date, operators were allowed to prove the origin through the presentation of a supply contract. It appeared that the requirement to submit a certificate of origin caused certain difficulties and delays for operators. In order to overcome these difficulties and delays, it is appropriate to revert back to the previous requirements and allow operators to submit supply contracts as proof of origin.

(3) The obligation that a digital certificate of origin has to bear the serial number of the import licence issued by any Member State to which the document refers, should be deleted in order to smoothen the use of such proofs of origin and corresponding import licences by the Union operators.

(4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The Union operators should be required to submit the supply contracts to the competent licence issuing authorities of Member States when submitting their applications for import licences for tariff rate quotas 09.4410 and 09.4420. This requirement cannot apply retroactively to licences issued before the entry into application of this Regulation. Therefore, to ensure a smooth transition from the use of certificates of origin at customs to the use of supply contracts at licence application, this Regulation should apply only as of the first licence application period following the 90-day period after the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Licences issued before that date should still be accompanied by certificates of origin.

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

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 of 17 December 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management system of tariff quotas with licences (OJ L 185, 12.6.2020, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/761/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2173/oj 1/2EN OJ L, 30.10.2025

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 is amended as follows:

(1) in Annex XII, the tables referring to the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.4410 and 09.4420 are amended as

follows:

(a) the box ‘Proof of origin at licence application’ is replaced by the following: ‘Proof of origin at licence application. If yes, body Yes. Supply contract specifying that the poultry authorised to issue it supplies requested are available for delivery within the Union during the quota period from the origin and for the quantity requested’

(b) the box ‘Proof of origin for release into free circulation’ is replaced by the following: ‘Proof of origin for release into free circulation No’

(2) in Annex XVII, point 4(d)(i), of the Introductory notes is deleted.

Article 2 Transitional rules Licences issued before the entry into application of the amending provisions laid down in Article 1 shall be accompanied by certificates of origin to be presented at customs for the release into free circulation of goods.

Article 3 Entry into force and application This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply as of the first licence application period following the 90-day period after the publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 October 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2173/oj