Replacement and duplicate licences or extracts issued during the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272 or during the periods of temporary unavailability governed by Section 3 of that Implementing Regulation
Article 15
1. Where a paper licence or extract issued for products referred to in Article 2(1)(a) or (2)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 is partly or totally destroyed, or lost, the titular holder or transferee may request the licence issuing authority to issue a replacement licence or extract. The replacement licence or extract substitutes the original licence or extract, including all rights and obligations concerned. For replacement licences under this paragraph a security shall be lodged as set out in Article 5. If the lost or partially destroyed original licence is found, the titular holder shall return the original licence to the licence issuing authority, who shall release the remaining security for the original licence forthwith. 2. A replacement licence or extract may only be issued once and for the period of validity and the balance of quantity remaining available for the original licence or extract. A replacement licence or extract shall not be issued where the issue of licences or extracts for the product in question is suspended or where it concerns an import or export tariff rate quota. 3. The security for the replacement licence, together with the security for the original licence if it was not found, shall be released in accordance with Article 14. 4. Where the request concerns a partly or totally destroyed licence or extract issued for products other than those referred to in Article 2(1)(a) and (2)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237, the following conditions shall apply: (a) the titular holder or transferee shall prove the total or partial destruction to the satisfaction of the licence issuing authority; (b) the replacement licence or extract shall not be issued if the titular holder or transferee has failed to show that he has taken reasonable precautions to prevent the destruction of the licence or extract, or where the evidence provided by the titular holder is unsatisfactory; (c) the security to be lodged for the replacement licence or extract shall be 150 % of the security for the original licence, with a minimum of 3 EUR per 100 kilograms or per hectolitre or head, taking account of the balance of the quantity remaining available at the moment of destruction, and of the positive tolerance, if applicable. The balance of security available for the original licence may be used when lodging the security for the replacement licence. Any excess of the security for the original licence compared to the security for the replacement licence, taking into account the remaining available quantity shall be released immediately. 5. When replacement licences or extracts are issued, the licence issuing authority shall immediately notify the Commission of: (a) the licence issuing number of replacement licences or extracts issued and the licence issuing number of replaced licences or extracts; (b) the products concerned with their Combined Nomenclature code (‘CN code’) and their quantity. The Commission shall inform the Member States thereof. 6. Where a paper licence or extract is lost or destroyed, and the lost or destroyed document has been used wholly or in part, for the sole purpose of releasing the still outstanding security concerning the release for free circulation or export which were already registered on the original licence, the following conditions shall apply: (a) the titular holder or transferee may request the licence issuing authority to issue a duplicate licence or extract to be drawn up and endorsed in the same way as the original document. A duplicate licence or extract may only be issued once; (b) the licence issuing authority may supply the titular holder or transferee with a duplicate licence or extract, clearly marked ‘duplicate’ on each copy; (c) the duplicate licence or extract shall be presented to the customs authority competent for the declaration for release for free circulation, or export, where that declaration was accepted under the lost licence or extract. That customs authority shall make entries on and endorse the duplicate concerning the release for free circulation or export carried out under the original licence or extract.