Chapter IV, Article 21 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/26

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Article 21Application for registration at Union stage#

1.When the application for registration at Union stage is submitted to the Commission by a Member State, the product specification and the declaration by the Member State confirming that the application meets the conditions for registration and information on any admissible opposition at national level following the national examination and opposition procedure, referred to in Article 57(1), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, shall be drawn up in accordance with the form made available in the Commission’s digital system referred to in Article 58(1) of that Regulation.The application for registration at Union stage shall be accompanied by the indication of the name of the applicant producer group at the national stage of the procedure as referred to in Article 56(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143. These additional data shall be communicated in accordance with the form made available in the Commission’s digital system referred to in Article 58(1) of that Regulation.

2.Where the application for registration at Union stage is submitted to the Commission by a third country authority or by an applicant established or resident in a third country, the product specification shall be drawn up in accordance with the form set out in Annex X to this Regulation. The power of attorney where the applicant is represented by an agent, as referred to in Article 57(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, shall be communicated without using a specific format.The application for registration at Union stage shall be accompanied by the indication of the name of the applicant producer group in the third country, if different from the applicant at Union stage, as referred to in Article 56(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, and by the names and the addresses of the competent authorities and product certification bodies designated by the third country as referred to in Article 72(7) of that Regulation. These additional data shall be communicated without using a specific format. The information supplied may be entered by the Commission into its digital system referred to in Article 58(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.

3.A joint application for registration at Union stage shall, in addition to the elements referred to in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article, contain the elements referred to in Article 57(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1143.