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Notice concerning the valid proof of origin for exports from the EU to the Pacific States within the EU-Pacific Interim Economic Partnership Agreement as from 1 September 2026
Date: 2026-06-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, administrative cooperation, common commercial policy, cooperation agreement (EU), customs cooperation, export (EU), interim agreement (EU), originating product, protocol to an agreement, tariff preference








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Official Journal of the European Union


EN
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C/2026/3209


11.6.2026






Notice concerning the valid proof of origin for exports from the EU to the Pacific States within the EU-Pacific Interim Economic Partnership Agreement as from 1 September 2026
         
(C/2026/3209)

This notice is issued for the information of customs authorities, exporters and economic operators, which are involved in exports from the EU to any of the Pacific States party to the EU-Pacific Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (‘EPA’).
In accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 15 of Protocol II concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation to the EPA, as amended by Decision 1/2026 of the EU-Pacific Trade Committee of 30 January 2026
          (1), from 1 September 2026
          products originating in the EU shall, on importation into the Pacific States, benefit from the preferential tariff treatment of the EPA only upon submission of an invoice declaration made out by an exporter registered in accordance with EU legislation.
From that date, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) of Article 15 shall cease to apply for exports from the EU to the Pacific States. Consequently, movement certificates EUR.1 will no longer be accepted by the Pacific states to claim preferential tariff treatment provided for in the EPA. Exporters must include the REX number assigned in the invoice declarations made out under the EPA. The text of the invoice declaration appears in Annex IV to Protocol II. Where, in accordance with the EU legislation, an exporter is not assigned a REX number, exporters can make out an invoice declaration without needing to indicate a REX number.


(1)  
            OJ L, 2026/498, 18.3.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/498/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/3209/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)