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2025/2199 |
28.10.2025 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/2199
of 27 October 2025
amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2020/761 as regards the quantities that may be imported under certain tariff quotas following the amendment of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 187 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular Article 16(1) thereof,
Whereas:
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 (3) lays down the rules for the management of import and export tariff rate quotas for agricultural products managed by a system of import and export licences and to that end provides for specific rules. |
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 (4) lays down rules for the administration of import tariff rate quotas based on the chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs declarations (‘first come, first served’ principle). |
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The Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (5) (the ‘Association Agreement’) sets out, under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (‘DCFTA’), certain tariff rate quotas for Ukrainian products imported into the Union. Regulation (EU) 2024/1392 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) laid down temporary trade liberalisation measures that supplemented trade concessions for Ukrainian products. That Regulation suspended all tariff rate quotas established under Annex I-A to the Association Agreement until 5 June 2025. After that date, trade between the Union and Ukraine reverted to the tariff rules established under the Association Agreement. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1132 (7) amended Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 accordingly for the period from 6 June to 31 December 2025. |
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Decision No 3/2025 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 14 October 2025 on the reduction and elimination of customs duties pursuant to Article 29(4) of the Association Agreement (the ‘Decision’) (8) amends the Association Agreement by modifying several tariff rate quotas falling within the scope of the DCFTA. In particular, that Decision increases the quantities of products to be imported from Ukraine under certain tariff rate quotas. That Decision also changes the product coverage for certain tariff rate quotas. It also liberalises the imports of several products from Ukraine, which results in the deletion of certain tariff rate quotas. Finally, it creates a new tariff rate quota for flour. |
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The Decision applies as of 29 October 2025. |
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The modifications introduced by the Decision relate to the tariff rate quotas laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 that were also covered by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1132. However, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1132 does not lay down a tariff rate quota for flour. Therefore, a new tariff rate quota for flour 09.6733 needs to be laid down. These modifications should therefore be reflected in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988. |
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The Decision introduces modifications also to tariff rate quotas with order numbers 09.6734, 09.6735, 09.6736, 09.6738, 09.6739, 09.6747, 09.6755, 09.6756, 09.6757 and 09.6758, which are in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1132 temporarily administered in chronological order, based on the date on which customs declarations for release for free circulation are accepted, until 31 December 2025. As of 1 January 2026, those tariff rate quotas revert to the management through licences in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 with their order numbers 09.4306, 09.4307, 09.4308, 09.4600, 09.4601, 09.4602, 09.4275, 09.4276, 09.4273 and 09.4274. The modifications to these tariff rate quotas introduced by the Decision should therefore be reflected in Annexes I, II, IX, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761. |
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Therefore, Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1988 and (EU) 2020/761 should be amended accordingly. |
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This Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in order to timely implement the modifications introduced by the Decision. |
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In order to ensure conformity with the Association Agreement as amended by the Decision, Articles 1 and 3 of this Regulation should apply from the same date as that Decision. |
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The amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 should apply to the tariff rate quota period starting on 1 January 2026. |
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As certain amendments made by this Regulation apply to tariff quota periods under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 that are ongoing on the date of application of this Regulation, it is appropriate to set a transitional provision concerning the quantities allocated between 6 June 2025 and the date of application of this Regulation. |
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761
Annexes I, II, IX, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 3
Transitional provisions
The quantity available for the remainder of the tariff quota period under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 that is ongoing on the date of application of this Regulation shall be the difference between the new quantity, as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation, and the quantities already allocated between 6 June 2025 and the date of application of this Regulation.
If on the date of application of this Regulation, the relevant tariff quota period under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 has already started and the quantity previously available is exhausted, the difference between the new quantity as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation and the previous quantity shall be allocated as of the date of application of this Regulation.
Article 4
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply as of 29 October 2025.
Article 2 shall apply as of 1 January 2026.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 October 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/1308/oj.
(2) OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/510/oj.
(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 of 17 December 2019 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the management system of tariff quotas with licences (OJ L 185, 12.6.2020, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/761/oj).
(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 of 11 November 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the administration of import tariff quotas in accordance with the ‘first come, first served’ principle (OJ L 422, 14.12.2020, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2020/1988/oj).
(5) Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L 161, 29.5.2014, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2014/295/oj).
(6) Regulation (EU) 2024/1392 of 14 May 2024 of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L, 2024/1392, 29.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1392/oj).
(7) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1132 of 3 June 2025 amending Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/761 and (EU) 2020/1988 as regards tariff rate quotas for products originating in Ukraine in 2025 (OJ L, 2025/1132, 5.6.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1132/oj).
(8) Decision No 3/2025 of the EU-Ukraine Association Committee in Trade Configuration of 14 October 2025 on the reduction and elimination of customs duties pursuant to Article 29(4) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (OJ L, 2025/2130, 20.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2130/oj).
ANNEX I
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1988 is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of cereals’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of milk and milk products’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of eggs’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of poultrymeat’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of apiculture products’ is amended as follows: the box ‘Quantity’ of the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6701, is replaced by the following:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of fruits and vegetables’ is amended as follows: the box ‘Quantity’ of the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6702, is replaced by the following:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quota in the sector of sugar’ is amended as follows: the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6704 is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of cereals and sugar’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of processed fruits and vegetables’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of processed fruits and vegetables and wine’ is amended as follows: the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6715, is replaced by the following:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of milk and milk products’ is amended as follows:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of cereals and processed fruit and vegetable products’ is amended as follows: the box ‘Quantity’ of the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6718, is replaced by the following:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin’ is amended as follows: the box ‘Quantity’ of the table referring to the tariff quota with order number 09.6723, is replaced by the following:
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the section under the heading ‘Tariff quotas in the sector of processed agricultural products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014’ is amended as follows:
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ANNEX II
Annexes I, II, IX, XI and XII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/761 are amended as follows:
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In Annex I, after the row relating to TRQ with order number 09.4122, the following row is added:
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Annex II is amended as follows:
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Annex IX is amended as follows:
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Annex XI is amended as follows:
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Annex XII is amended as follows:
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2199/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)