Date: 2025-11-04Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2230 of 29 October 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 as regards the types of intellectual property rights included in the application form for customs action
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
**Executive Summary**
This Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2230, dated 29 October 2025 and published on 4 November 2025, amends Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013. The amendment updates the types of intellectual property rights that can be included in the application form for customs action, reflecting recent changes in EU legislation. The regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Annex I:** Annex I of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013, which contains the standard application form for customs action, is replaced with a new version.
* **Update of Intellectual Property Rights Types:**
* The terms "registered Community design" and "unregistered Community design" are replaced with "registered EU design" and "unregistered EU design," respectively, in box 5 of the application form.
* The term "for agricultural products and foodstuff" is updated to "for agricultural products" under the "geographical indication/designation of origin" heading in box 5.
* The designation "for aromatised drinks based on wine products" is removed from box 5 of the application form. These products now fall under the category "for agricultural products."
* Geographical indications for craft and industrial products, as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/2411, are included in the types of rights listed in box 5.
* **Modification of Annex III, Part I, box 6, sentence 3:** The third sentence of box 6 in Part I of Annex III is updated. The new sentence describes the intellectual property rights protected in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework that a Union application can be granted for.
* Geographical indications or designations of origin protected for agricultural products and wines, as well as geographical indications protected for spirit drinks as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council
* Geographical indications for craft and industrial products as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council
**Impact Analysis**
**Applicants Requesting Customs Action**
* **Impact:** The updated application form allows applicants to include a wider range of intellectual property rights, including geographical indications for craft and industrial products, and reflects updated terminology for EU designs.
* **Action Required:** Applicants should use the updated application form (Annex I of this regulation) when requesting customs action to enforce their intellectual property rights.
**Customs Authorities**
* **Impact:** Customs authorities must adapt their procedures to accommodate the updated application form and the expanded list of intellectual property rights covered. They also have the responsibility to protect personal data in accordance with GDPR.
* **Action Required:** Customs authorities should familiarize themselves with the amended regulation and ensure that their systems and procedures are aligned with the new requirements. They are also required to delete data no later than six months from the date of revocation or expiration. They are required to grant access to data on a need-to-know basis, protect data, and inform users of data breaches.
**European Commission**
* **Impact:** The Commission continues to act as a processor on behalf of Member States, maintaining the central database COPIS.
* **Action Required:** The Commission is responsible for the reliable and secure operation of the COPIS database, including the implementation of technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. It must address online security, risk of data loss, and unauthorized access. It must send infringement data and decision holder names to the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
Key Entities Referenced
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013: Establishes the standard form for requesting customs action against goods suspected of infringing intellectual property rights. This regulation is being amended by the document.
Regulation (EU) No 608/2013: Concerns customs enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Customs Code Committee: The committee consulted during the process of making the regulation.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2230: The regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2230 4.11.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2025/2230
of 29 October 2025
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 as regards the types of intellectual property
rights included in the application form for customs action
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning
customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003(1), and in
particular Article 6(1) thereof,
After consulting the Customs Code Committee,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013(2)establishes in its Annex I the standard form to be used
for a request to the customs authorities to take action with respect to goods suspected of infringing an intellectual
property right (‘the application form’), as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013.
(2) In box 5 of the application form, the applicant is to indicate the type of intellectual property right(s) to which the
application refers. As some types of intellectual property rights have been updated by means of legal acts listed
below, it is necessary to update these types of intellectual property rights in the application form.
(3) Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) updated the terms ‘registered
Community design’ and ‘unregistered Community design’ to the terms ‘registered EU design’ and ‘unregistered EU
design’ respectively. Box 5 of the application form should therefore be updated accordingly.
(4) Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4), the term ‘for agricultural
products and foodstuff’ was updated to ‘for agricultural products’. Therefore, that term should be updated under the
heading ‘geographical indication/designation of origin’ in box 5 of the application form.
(5) Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), it is
necessary to delete the designation ‘for aromatised drinks based on wine products’ from the application form as
those products now fall under the category ‘for agricultural products’.
(1) OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 15, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/608/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 of 4 December 2013 establishing the forms provided for in Regulation
(EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights
(OJ L 341, 18.12.2013, p. 10, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2013/1352/oj).
(3) Regulation (EU) 2024/2822 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 amending Council Regulation (EC)
No 6/2002 on Community designs and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002 (OJ L, 2024/2822, 18.11.2024, ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2822/oj).
(4) Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on geographical indications for wine,
spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural
products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU)
No 1151/2012 (OJ L, 2024/1143, 23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj).
(5) Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 amending Regulations (EU)
No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes
for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of
geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the
outermost regions of the Union (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 262, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2117/oj).
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(6) Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6) introduced a new system for the
protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products in the Union. As those intellectual property
rights fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013, applicants should be able to request customs
authorities to take action with respect to goods suspected of infringing those rights. Accordingly, geographical
indications for craft and industrial products should be included in the types of rights to which the application refers
in box 5 of the application form.
(7) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1352/2013 is amended as follows:
(1) Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;
(2) In Annex III, Part I, box 6, sentence 3 is replaced by the following:
‘In case Northern Ireland (XI) is indicated, the application shall be a Union application and can only be granted for
protection with respect to any of the following intellectual property rights which are protected in Northern Ireland
by virtue of Windsor Framework(*):
(a) geographical indications or designations of origin protected for agricultural products and wines, as well as
geographical indications protected for spirit drinks, as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the
European Parliament and of the Council(**);
(b) geographical indications for craft and industrial products as provided for in Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the
European Parliament and of the Council(***).
_____________
(*) The Windsor Framework is the new way in which the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland is referred to in
accordance with Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee
established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community of 24 March 2023,
OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87.
(**) Regulation (EU) 2024/1143 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on
geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, as well as traditional specialities
guaranteed and optional quality terms for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013,
(EU) 2019/787 and (EU) 2019/1753 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (OJ L, 2024/1143,
23.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1143/oj.
(***) Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the
protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations
(EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753, OJ EU L, 2023/2411, 27.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/
2023/2411/oj.’.
(6) Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical
indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753 (OJ L, 2023/2411,
27.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2411/oj).
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication 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
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