Mandatory use of ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models
Article 21b
1. From 18 January 2027, all licences shall be issued following the ELAN1L-AGRIM and ELAN1L-AGREX data models set out in Annex I.1, in accordance with the instructions published in series C of the Official Journal of the European Union . 2. Licences issued in accordance with paragraph 1, or their extracts may be printed on paper only if they have been transmitted to ELAN, unless otherwise provided by the rules on contingency periods laid down in Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272. When licence issuing authorities transmit a licence or extract to ELAN from their national electronic systems, they shall transmit also the quantity released for free circulation or exported under the licence or extract as it is recorded in the national system. Licences printed in accordance with the first subparagraph shall bear a valid signature and the official stamp of the competent issuing authority. Unless otherwise provided by the rules on contingency periods laid down in Section 3 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1272, licences or extracts printed on paper that have not been transmitted to ELAN shall not be used for the release for free circulation or the export of agricultural products. 3. Customs authorities shall validate the quantity released for free circulation or exported with a signature and stamp in the case of a paper licence, or by an electronic validation system in the case of an electronic licence. All quantity attributions made on printed licences or extracts shall be encoded by the competent licence issuing authority within two working days from the return of the licence or extract, starting from the beginning of day following the date of the return. 4. Where licences or extracts, are printed on paper in accordance with paragraph 2, the corresponding copies in the national electronic system shall not be used for release for free circulation of goods in the Union territory or to export goods from the Union territory until the paper copy is returned and the licence issuing authority has: (a) encoded the quantity released for free circulation or exported under the licence or extract in ELAN and in the national system; and (b) indicated that the licence or extract will be used outside ELAN. 5. Where licences or extracts are printed on paper in accordance with paragraph 2, the equivalent electronic licences or extracts available in ELAN shall not be used for release for free circulation of goods in the Union territory or to export goods from the Union territory. The electronic licences or extracts may be used only once operators have returned the corresponding printed licences or extracts to the licence issuing authorities, and the attributions made by customs authorities have been encoded in ELAN and, if applicable, in the national electronic system. 6. Customs authorities shall accept paper licences issued in accordance with the template for licences laid down in Annex I, provided that they have been issued before the date laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article and that they are still valid according to the relevant Union legislation.