Commission Decision (EU) 2025/1969 of 1 October 2025 on relief from import duties granted for goods to be distributed or made available free of charge to victims of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte (France), an outermost territory of the Union (notified under document C(2025) 6567)

Decision (EU) 2025/1969 · Decision · 3 articles

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Article 1

1. From 16 December 2024 to 16 June 2025, goods shall be admitted free of import duties as defined in Article 2(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009, to France, where the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the goods are intended for one of the following uses: (i) for distribution free of charge by the bodies and organisations referred to in point (c); for the benefit of the victims of the cyclone which occurred in Mayotte (France) in December 2024 (‘Cyclone Chido’); (ii) to be made available free of charge to the victims of Cyclone Chido while remaining the property of the bodies and organisations referred to in point (c); (b) the goods satisfy the requirements laid down in Articles 75, 78, 79 and 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009; (c) the goods are imported for release for free circulation (in France, including Mayotte) by, or on behalf of, State organisations including State bodies, public bodies and other bodies governed by public law or by, or on behalf, other charitable or philantropic organisations approved by the competent authorities of France, provided the goods are intended to be used in Mayotte (France). 2. The goods shall be admitted free from import duties as defined in Article 2(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 under the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article where they are imported for release for free circulation and intended to be used by disaster relief agencies in order to meet the needs of those agencies.

Article 2

By 31 October 2025, France shall communicate to the Commission the following information: (a) in consolidated form, regarding the goods admitted free of import duties pursuant to Article 1: (i) customs declaration number; (ii) acceptance date of the customs declaration; (iii) Combined Nomenclature code; (iv) Integrated Tariff of the European Communities code (TARIC); (v) net mass; (vi) supplementary unit, if applicable; (vii) value of the goods; (viii) duty rate; (ix) amount of uncollected duties; (x) origin of the goods; (xi) the titles of the bodies and organisations referred to in Article 1(1), point (c); (b) a list of approved State organisations in charge of distributing and making available goods benefitting from the relief from duties to victims of the cyclone; (c) the measures taken to ensure compliance with Articles 78, 79 and 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009; (d) the risk management and, where appropriate, customs control measures undertaken by France pursuant to Article 46 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, with regard to goods admitted free of import duties pursuant to Article 1 of this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. It shall apply from 16 December 2024.

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