Preferential arrangements
The European Union has established the Preferential Tariff Arrangements under which it grants preferential tariff treatment (reduced or zero duty) to goods from certain third countries,
which is why it has concluded the preferential tariff agreements under which preferential tariff treatment is granted either unilaterally or on a reciprocal basis.
How to use the Rules of Origin Self-Assessment tool (ROSA)
C.2081 "Information on the Rules of Origin Self-Assessment (ROSA) tool available on the website of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Trade
- Table of Preferential Tariff Arrangements (Update 30-04-2025)
- Provision of instructions for the correct application of the concept of insufficient treatments or processing in the context of preferential origin
- Notification of recommendation No 1/2023 of the joint committee of the regional convention on Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Preferential rules of origin of 7 December 2023 on the use of movement certificates issued electronically
- Recommendation 1/2023 - Notice concerning the Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, concerning the provisions relating to the rules of preferential origin of goods and procedures on origin
- Approved Exporter - Simplified Proof of Preferential Origin Procedure
- Issue of Approved Exporters Authorization for the preferential origin of goods during the period of validity of the measures to prevent the occurrence and counter the spread of the coronavirus
- Guidelines on the Supplier Statement
- Notification of EU directives concerning the technical specifications for the printing of movement certificates EUR.1, EUR-MED, A.TR and certificates of origin FORM A
- Provision of instructions for the proper application of rules non Preferential origin
- Provision of instructions for the proper application of special rules of origin of the products
- Guide to the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
- Guide to rules of origin under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement
- EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Origin Guide
- Pan-European Free Trade Area_ Δ941/559 / 30-05-2006
- Supplier Declarations Annexes
- Registered Exporters System (REX)
- Non-Preferential Origin - Notification of Questionnaire
- Table of CJEU judgments Origin
- Returned goods
- Replacement of the circular ΔΔΘΕΚΑ Β 1103577 ΕΞ2023/23-08-2023 on the correct completion of positions 36 and 44.1 of the NAD - Codes of proofs of origin & free circulation
- Annex 1030951 - Certificate codes - Places 36 and 44
- Correct completion of SAD boxes 36 and 44.1 under the amended set of rules of origin which may be used bilaterally as alternative rules of origin, instead of the rules provided for in the current PEM Regional Convention pending the finalisation and entry into force of the revision of the Regional Convention - Codes of Proof of Origin
- Issue of Information Certificate INF 4:
α) INF 4 Application
β) INF 4 Certificate
Relevant provisions
- E. 2057 /23-4-2020 - Modification of instructions regarding the acceptance of movement certificates A, TR, EUR1 or EUR-MED in the context of preferential trade with Turkey during the CoVid-19 crisis
- E. 2053/15-04-2020 - Provide guidance on the submission and issuance of certificates of origin and free movement in the context of preferential trade during the COVID-19 crisis
- E. 2019 /06-03-2024 - Instructions regarding the issuance and submission of movement certificates in the context of preferential trade transactions