Recital 9

(9)Trade of certain agricultural products between the EU and certain third countries often requires that the products are accompanied for imports by documents that certify the implementation of certain formalities (so-called ‘non-customs formalities) required by the EU agricultural legislation, currently predominantly in the paper form. The Commission intends to digitise the whole process by establishing an electronic system for DG AGRI non-customs formalities (ELAN) based on TRACES.NT and linked to the EU Single Window Environment for customs as established by Regulation (EU) 2022/2399 of the European Parliament and of the Council ¹⁰ . ELAN will define the digital processes in the future and will allow users to issue, store, and retrieve the necessary documents. ELAN will be divided into 2 parts and part 2 called ELAN2-C is to include, among others, also different documents covered by this Regulation and by Implementing Regulation 2023/2834. After defining those digital processes the legal provisions of the two Regulations will be amended accordingly.