Definitions
Article 1
1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘declarant’, as defined in Article 5, point (15), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ); (b) ‘risk management’, as defined in Article 5, point (25), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; (c) ‘Union non-customs formality’, as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ); (d) ‘electronic system for agricultural non-customs formalities (ELAN)’ as defined in Article 3, point (b), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 ( 3 ); (e) ‘exporter’, as defined in Article 1, point (19), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 ( 4 ); (f) ‘EU CSW-CERTEX’ means the European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399; (g) ‘advanced signature based on a qualified certificate’ means an electronic signature complying with the requirements laid down in Articles 26 and 28 of Regulation (EU) 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ); (h) ‘ELAN1L-AGRIM’ defines any import licence issued in accordance with the data model set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union , following the rules laid down in Annex I.1 to this Regulation for their use in ELAN; (i) ‘ELAN1L-AGREX’ defines any export licence issued in accordance with the data model set out in the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union , following the rules laid down in Annex I.1 to this Regulation for their use in ELAN; (j) ‘instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union ’ means the instructions set out in the Notice on the instructions on completing the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models ( 6 ) published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union that licence issuing authorities shall follow to issue import and export licences in accordance with Annex I.1 to this Regulation; (k) ‘ELAN (acceptance environment)’ means the electronic system identical to ELAN for the mere purpose of testing the functionality of that system before its actual release as a production environment. 2. In addition, the definitions laid down in Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237, and in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1269 apply.