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
Date: 2025-07-24
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: European Association Agreement, Mediterranean region (EU), Tunisia, Union for the Mediterranean, clothing, derogation from EU law, import (EU), originating product, protocol to an agreement, tariff quota








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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,





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
            





(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).




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).










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


6103 42 00 


Men’s or boys’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


139 000  units


108 000  units




09.1229


6103 49 00 


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


101 700  units


71 100  units




09.1230


6104 62 00 


Women’s or girls’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


310 000  units


213 000  units




09.1231


6104 63 00 


Women’s or girls’ trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


248 600  units


174 200  units




09.1232


6105 10 00 


Men’s or boys’ shirts of cotton, knitted or crocheted


Cutting of fabric and making up


235 000  units


160 500  units




09.1233


6106 20 00 


Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted


Cutting of fabric and making up


71 200  units


51 600  units




09.1234


6108 22 00 


Women’s or girls’ briefs and panties of man-made fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


610 500  units


416 000  units




09.1235


6108 31 00 


Women’s or girls’ nightdresses and pyjamas of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


113 000  units


76 800  units




09.1236


6109 10 00 , 6109 90 20 


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


4 764 080  units


2 635 800  units




09.1237


6112 31 90 


Men’s or boys’ swimwear of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


237 300  units


160 400  units




09.1238


6112 41 90 


Women’s or girls’ swimwear of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


768 400  units


595 900  units




09.1239


6201 30 10 


Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


45 000  units


33 000  units




09.1240


6201 40 10 


Men’s or boys’ overcoats, car-coats, capes, anoraks, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


54 000  units


42 000  units




09.1241


6201 90 00 


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


26 000  units


20 000  units




09.1242


6203 23 10 


Men’s or boys’ industrial and occupational ensembles of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


113 000  units


88 300  units




09.1243


6203 32 10 


Men’s or boys’ jackets and blazers of cotton, industrial and occupational


Cutting of fabric and making up


84 750  units


65 300  units




09.1244


6203 33 10 


Men’s or boys’ jackets and blazers of synthetic fibres, industrial and occupational


Cutting of fabric and making up


120 000  units


94 000  units




09.1245


6203 42 11 


Men’s or boys’ industrial and occupational trousers and breeches of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


237 300  units


194 800  units




09.1246


6203 42 31 


Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches of cotton denim


Cutting of fabric and making up


3 220 000  units


2 540 000  units




09.1247


6203 42 35 


Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)


Cutting of fabric and making up


791 000  units


630 000  units




09.1248


6203 42 90 


Men’s or boys’ shorts of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


140 000  units


100 000  units




09.1249


6203 43 11 


Men’s or boys’ work trousers and breeches of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


240 000  units


170 000  units




09.1250


6203 49 90 


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


60 500  units


56 000  units




09.1251


6204 42 00 


Women’s or girls’ dresses of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


90 400  units


71 000  units




09.1252


6204 43 00 


Women’s or girls’ dresses of synthetic fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


210 000  units


160 000  units




09.1253


6204 44 00 


Women’s or girls’ dresses of artificial fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


150 000  units


122 000  units




09.1254


6204 62 31 


Women’s or girls’ cotton denim trousers and breeches


Cutting of fabric and making up


1 515 000  units


1 390 000  units




09.1255


6204 62 39 


Women’s or girls’ trousers and breeches of cotton (other than of denim or corduroy)


Cutting of fabric and making up


580 000  units


470 000  units




09.1256


6205 20 00 


Men’s or boys’ shirts of cotton


Cutting of fabric and making up


247 000  units


170 000  units




09.1257


6206 40 00 


Women’s or girls’ blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres


Cutting of fabric and making up


280 000  units


200 000  units




09.1258


6211 12 00 


Women’s or girls’ swimwear


Cutting of fabric and making up


300 000  units


240 000  units




09.1259


6212 10 90 


Brassieres of all types of textile materials


Cutting of fabric and making up


995 000  units


800 000  units






(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
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