1. The imports of renewable ethanol for fuel listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall continue to be subject to retrospective Union surveillance in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/478 and Regulation (EU) 2015/755.
2. The classification of the product types covered by this Regulation, and in continuity with the previous Regulation, is based on TARIC. The origin of the product types covered by this Regulation shall be determined in accordance with Article 60 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) .
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 16 September 2026, and shall remain in force for three years, till 15 September 2029.
List of product types subject to retrospective Union surveillance
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List of product types subject to retrospective Union surveillance
The product concerned subject to retrospective surveillance is renewable ethanol for fuel, i.e. ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products (as listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), denatured or undenatured, excluding products with a water content of more than 0,3 % (m/m) measured according to the standard EN 15376, but including ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products (as listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) contained in blends with gasoline with an ethyl alcohol content of more than 10 % (v/v) intended for fuel uses. The product concerned also covers ethyl alcohol produced from agricultural products (as listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) contained in Ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE).
The product scope is exclusively limited to renewable ethanol used for fuel applications. Thus, synthetic ethanol and renewable ethanol destined to applications other than fuel, i.e. industrial and beverage use, is not covered.
The product concerned currently falls under the following CN and TARIC codes:
CN codes
TARIC code extensions
ex 2207 10 00
11
ex 2207 20 00
11
ex 2208 90 99
11
ex 2710 12 21
20
ex 2710 12 25
10
ex 2710 12 31
10
ex 2710 12 41
10
ex 2710 12 45
10
ex 2710 12 49
10
ex 2710 12 50
10
ex 2710 12 70
10
ex 2710 12 90
10
ex 2909 19 10
10
ex 3814 00 10
10
ex 3814 00 90
70
ex 3820 00 00
10
ex 3824 99 92
66
