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

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.

ANNEX

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 ).

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