Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1459

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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^note, 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^note 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^note.

(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,

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.

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)^note.

Order No.	Combined Nomenclature(CN 2025)	Product description	Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials conferring originating status	Annual quota for Tunisian exports to the European Union:from the first year to the end of the third year	Annual quota for Tunisian exports to the European Union:from the fourth year to the end of the fifth year
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
09.1228	61034200	Men’s or boys’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	139000 units	108000 units
09.1229	61034900	Men’s or boys’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of textile materials other than wool, cotton or synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	101700 units	71100 units
09.1230	61046200	Women’s or girls’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	310000 units	213000 units
09.1231	61046300	Women’s or girls’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	248600 units	174200 units
09.1232	61051000	Men’s or boys’ shirts of cotton, knitted or crocheted	Cutting of fabric and making up	235000 units	160500 units
09.1233	61062000	Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted	Cutting of fabric and making up	71200 units	51600 units
09.1234	61082200	Women’s or girls’ briefs and panties of man-made fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	610500 units	416000 units
09.1235	61083100	Women’s or girls’ nightdresses and pyjamas of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	113000 units	76800 units
09.1236	61091000, 61099020	T-shirts, singlets and other vests, of cotton, of wool or fine animal hair or of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted	Cutting of fabric and making up	4764080 units	2635800 units
09.1237	61123190	Men’s or boys’ swimwear of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	237300 units	160400 units
09.1238	61124190	Women’s or girls’ swimwear of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	768400 units	595900 units
09.1239	62013010	Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	45000 units	33000 units
09.1240	62014010	Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	54000 units	42000 units
09.1241	62019000	Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of other textile materials	Cutting of fabric and making up	26000 units	20000 units
09.1242	62032310	Men’s or boys’ industrial and occupational ensembles of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	113000 units	88300 units
09.1243	62033210	Men’s or boys’ jackets and blazers of cotton, industrial and occupational	Cutting of fabric and making up	84750 units	65300 units
09.1244	62033310	Men’s or boys’ jackets and blazers of synthetic fibres, industrial and occupational	Cutting of fabric and making up	120000 units	94000 units
09.1245	62034211	Men’s or boys’ industrial and occupational trousers and breeches of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	237300 units	194800 units
09.1246	62034231	Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches of cotton denim	Cutting of fabric and making up	3220000 units	2540000 units
09.1247	62034235	Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)	Cutting of fabric and making up	791000 units	630000 units
09.1248	62034290	Men’s or boys’ shorts of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	140000 units	100000 units
09.1249	62034311	Men’s or boys’ work trousers and breeches of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	240000 units	170000 units
09.1250	62034990	Men’s or boys’ trousers, bib and brace, overalls breeches and shorts of textile materials other than wool, cotton or man-made fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	60500 units	56000 units
09.1251	62044200	Women’s or girls’ dresses of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	90400 units	71000 units
09.1252	62044300	Women’s or girls’ dresses of synthetic fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	210000 units	160000 units
09.1253	62044400	Women’s or girls’ dresses of artificial fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	150000 units	122000 units
09.1254	62046231	Women’s or girls’ cotton denim trousers and breeches	Cutting of fabric and making up	1515000 units	1390000 units
09.1255	62046239	Women’s or girls’ trousers and breeches of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)	Cutting of fabric and making up	580000 units	470000 units
09.1256	62052000	Men’s or boys’ shirts of cotton	Cutting of fabric and making up	247000 units	170000 units
09.1257	62064000	Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres	Cutting of fabric and making up	280000 units	200000 units
09.1258	62111200	Women’s or girls’ swimwear	Cutting of fabric and making up	300000 units	240000 units
09.1259	62121090	Brassieres of all types of textile materials	Cutting of fabric and making up	995000 units	800000 units

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