Mandatory availability of licences in ELAN
Article 21c
1. From 17 January 2028 all import and export licences shall be issued in ELAN or transmitted to it from national electronic systems. As of that date, licences not available in ELAN shall not have legal value and shall not be used for release for free circulation or export of goods. 2. Licences or extracts shall 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. 3. When customs authorities indicate the quantity released for free circulation or exported on electronic licences or extracts in the national electronic system, licence issuing authorities shall encode or transmit these attributions in ELAN within two working days from the day following the date of attribution.