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Adopted text, 16 September 2026

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority

Document TA-10-2026-0290 · P10_TA(2026)0290 · PE792.031

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Parliament approves the Council's position at first reading on a regulation establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. The act is adopted in line with the Council's position, and Parliament's President will sign it with the President of the Council.

Key points

  1. Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on the regulation establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority.
  2. The regulation repeals Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
  3. Parliament notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position.
  4. Parliament's President is instructed to sign the act with the President of the Council, under Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
  5. Parliament's Secretary-General is instructed to sign the act once all procedures are verified complete, and to arrange publication in the Official Journal with the Council's Secretary-General.

Who is affected

  • Customs authorities and operators in the EU: the new Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority will apply to them.

Figures and deadlines

  • Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 is repealed.

Legal basis. Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 September 2026 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (08190/2/2026– C10-0208/2026 – 2023/0156(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Council position at first reading (08190/2/2026 – C100208/2026),

–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 September 2023,

–having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0258),

–having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A10-0232/2026),

1.Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3.Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4.Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.