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Format of documents
1. All ELAN documents shall be identified in ELAN in accordance with the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union . 2. Each document produced in ELAN or transmitted to it shall comply with the data model laid down in the relevant Union legislation listed in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 and completed in accordance with the specific instructions applicable to it.
Issue of documents and validity checks
1. National issuing authorities, and third country issuing authorities shall either produce the relevant electronic documents directly in ELAN or transmit them to ELAN upon having produced them in their respective national electronic systems. 2. Each document made available in ELAN shall bear: (a) the qualified or advanced electronic seal based on a qualified certificate of the competent issuing authority; or (b) the qualified or advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate of an authorised representative of the competent issuing authority, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 15 ) . 3. ELAN shall automatically verify the validity of documents produced in the system or transmitted to it.
Processing of personal data
ELAN shall process personal data pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715.
Transitional period
1. From 15 July 2025 national issuing authorities may start on a voluntary basis to produce documents referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), of this Regulation in ELAN (acceptance environment) or to transmit them to that system for testing purposes. These documents shall have no legal value. 2. From 19 January 2026 national issuing authorities may on a voluntary basis produce documents referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), in ELAN or to transmit them to that system. These documents shall have legal value for performing customs clearance activities. 3. From 18 January 2027 national issuing authorities shall produce the documents referred to in Article 1(2), point (a), of this Regulation in accordance with Annex I.1 to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 and with the instructions referred to in Article 3(1) of this Regulation. 4. From 17 January 2028, national issuing authorities and third country issuing authorities shall produce documents referred to in Article 1(2), points (b), (c) and (d), in ELAN or in their national electronic systems. In the latter case, the documents shall be transmitted to ELAN immediately after being produced in the national electronic system. 5. From 6 October 2028, automatic verifications by customs authorities of the documents referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation and, where relevant, the reporting of cleared quantities to ELAN shall take place via EU CSW-CERTEX in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2399.
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