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 — Full Text

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.

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.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

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 ).