EU–Armenia interim deal opens preference claims from 10 October 2026

Businesses moving goods between the EU and Armenia can claim preferential origin from 10 October 2026Toldst, when an interim EU–Armenia trade agreement takes effectToldst. Qualifying goods attract full or partial duty reduction on importToldst, and traders can draw on the tariff quotas the agreement opensToldst. The arrangement is temporary: it applies until 11 October 2028Toldst.

Preference is not automatic. The goods must satisfy the agreement's origin rules: either wholly obtained in the EU or Armenia — extracted, grown, harvested, born and raised, hunted or caught there — or sufficiently worked or processed there under the agreement's product-specific process listToldst. The detailed origin conditions sit in articles 59–70 of the delegated regulationToldst. The Commission's Access2Markets tool, with its ROSA self-assessment module, lets a trader test a product against a specific agreement's origin requirements before shipping.

At import from Armenia, preference is claimed with a fakturaerklæring (invoice declaration) or a EUR.1 movement certificate as the preference documentToldst; under the agreement the Armenian exporter may also enter its REX number on the commercial document. Which proofs are acceptable follows from the individual agreement. The importer claims the preference on the customs declaration — origin country, preference code and the certificate and preference-document codes — and must be able to evidence the goods' movement from Armenia to the EU: as a rule transport must be direct, documented for example with a through transport documentToldst, and any transhipment or temporary storage en route must take place under customs supervision in the country concernedToldst. If the proof is wrong or the goods fail the origin rules, the importer pays the duty originally due.Toldst

Exporters shipping to Armenia rely on the preference documents the agreement itself accepts — typically a self-issued invoice or origin declaration, or a EUR.1 certificate issued by Toldstyrelsen on requestToldst. The agreement sets the conditions for when a declaration may be used: in many EU trade agreements consignments above EUR 6,000 in originating goods require approved-exporter statusToldst, and some agreements require all exporters to be approved or REX-registered regardless of value, so check the agreement text before relying on a self-issued declaration. The same direct-transport condition applies in the export direction.

Before claiming, check the commodity code in TARIC: if the duty rate is already zero there is nothing to gain from preferenceToldst. Then verify the product against the agreement's origin rules, confirm which preference document the agreement accepts, and build the declaration codes and transport evidence into the shipment routine.

Legal basis: the EU–Armenia interim trade agreement, with origin conditions in articles 59–70 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446Europa and documentary requirements in articles 113–126 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447Toldst.