Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2181 of 29 October 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards requirements for the import of used cooking oil

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2025/2181
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annexes I, XIV and XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 19 November 2027.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annexes I, XIV and XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are amended as follows:

(1)

in Annex I, the following point is added:

‘62.

“used cooking oil” means an oil fraction of catering waste Category 3 material containing or consisting of materials of animal origin referred to in Article 10, point (p), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.’;

(2)

in Annex XIV, Chapter II is amended as follows:

(a)

in Section 1, in Table 2, the following row is added:

No

Product

Raw materials (reference to provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009)

Import and transit conditions

Third countries’ lists

Certificates / model documents

‘21

Used cooking oil

Category 3 material referred to in Article 10, point (p) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, as defined in Annex 1 point 62.

The used cooking oil shall comply with the requirements set out in Section 13.

Any third country.

Annex XV, Chapter 22.’

(b)

the following section is added:

‘Section 13

Imports of used cooking oil

Used cooking oil of Category 3 material referred to in Article 10, point (p), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 may be imported provided that a consignment complies with the following requirements:

(a)

it originates from an approved or registered establishment or plant in a third country;

(b)

following the official controls on the consignment laid down in Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, unless it is moved by a closed conveyer system, which may not be by-passed and has been authorised by the competent authority, the consignment is transported and monitored in accordance with Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1666 to the plant of destination:

(i)

approved for the processing into biodiesel or renewable fuels in accordance with Article 24(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;

(ii)

approved for handling used cooking oil in accordance with Article 24(1), point (h), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;

(iii)

approved for the storage of used cooking oil in accordance with Article 24(1), point (i), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009; or

(iv)

registered for oleochemical activities in accordance with Article 23(1), point (a), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009;

(c)

was filtered before shipment, or it has undergone a physical separation from non-oil elements, including water and solid particles of more than 6 mm, to reach a combined amount of moisture and solid particles of not more than 10 % w/w  ( *1 ) at the time of dispatch;

(d)

at the time of official controls at border control post it is accompanied by a declaration of the importer drawn up in accordance with the Model declaration set out in Chapter 22 of Annex XV in at least one of the official languages of the Member State in which the official control at the border control post will be carried out, as well as in at least one of the official languages of the Member State of destination.

( *1 )   % w/w: percentage weight/weight, a concentration expressed as the weight of a solute dissolved in a given weight of solution.’;"

(3)

in Annex XV, the following chapter is added:

‘CHAPTER 22

Model declaration

Declaration by the importer of used cooking oil intended for import to (1) / transit through (1) the European Union

’

( *1 )   % w/w: percentage weight/weight, a concentration expressed as the weight of a solute dissolved in a given weight of solution.’;”