The document is a EUR.1, not an A.TR
Türkiye and the European Union are in a customs union, and goods moving into an EU member state travel on an A.TR movement certificate. Iceland is not an EU member. It is an EFTA member, so goods from Türkiye move under the Türkiye–EFTA free trade agreement on a EUR.1 movement certificate.
The difference is not paperwork trivia. An A.TR shows goods are in free circulation inside the customs union; it says nothing about where they were made. A EUR.1 is an origin proof: it states that the goods originate in Türkiye under the agreement's rules. Different document, different question answered, different evidence behind it.
What an origin proof asks of the goods
Because the EUR.1 certifies origin, the line has to satisfy the agreement's origin rules — which is a question about the product, not about the shipment. For confectionery that turns on the processing carried out in Türkiye and on the non-originating inputs used.
In practice this is settled per line before the offer is written, not at the port. The offer states the tariff line, the basis on which preferential treatment is claimed and what applies on the day. Duty figures are not published here, because they change.
The label is a different question entirely
Here Iceland switches sides. As an EEA member it applies the EU food information rules, so the pack carries the same mandatory particulars as one destined for Helsinki or Copenhagen: the ingredient list with allergens emphasised, the nutrition declaration per 100 g, metric net quantity, the best-before date, and the name and address of the responsible food business operator.
The particulars are given in Icelandic. We prepare the content from our technical data sheet; you place it in your artwork and approve it in writing, and nothing is printed before that approval.
Who is named, and who supervises
The party named on the pack answers for what it says, and that party is the importer, with an Icelandic or EEA address. Matvælastofnun — the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority — supervises food information and imports.
What comes from our side feeds that file rather than replacing it: our technical data sheet per product, copies of our certificates, lot traceability from production lot to loaded pallet.
The naming rule that catches people
Because the EEA food rules apply, a vegetable-fat coating cannot be labelled chocolate — the same rule as inside the Union. Several Dubai-style bars are compound-coated, and we state per line which each is, so the front of pack and the ingredient list agree.
The second is the pistachio jar. What we ship is a spread, not a confectioner's paste, and the name is corrected on the offer and on the label before it is printed, however the product is searched.
What to send
Send the references, the quantity per line, the port or delivery address, and say whether you will be the business named on the pack. The written offer follows within two working days, in US dollars or euro: the lines and their minimums, the delivery term and transit, the documents travelling with the container — the EUR.1 among them — and per line whether the coating is chocolate or compound.
Do we need an A.TR or a EUR.1 for Iceland?
A EUR.1. Iceland is an EFTA member and outside the EU customs union, so goods move under the Türkiye–EFTA free trade agreement on a EUR.1 movement certificate, which is an origin proof. The A.TR used into EU member states does not apply.
If Iceland is outside the EU, why do EU food rules apply?
Because Iceland is in the European Economic Area, which extends the EU food information rules to it. Customs and labelling answer to different agreements here: EFTA at the border, EEA on the pack.
Which language does the label need?
Icelandic. We prepare the mandatory content from our technical data sheet; you check it against your artwork and nothing is printed until you approve it in writing.
