BMF Federal Ministry of Finance : EORI Economic Operators Registration & Identification Austria

Organization : Federal Ministry of Finance
Type of Facility : Economic Operators Registration & Identification EORI
Country: Austria

Website : https://www.bmf.gv.at/en.html

Economic Operators Registration and Identification

For the purpose of identifying economic operators in a uniform way an “EORI number” is used throughout the EU.

Related : BMF Federal Ministry of Finance Austria VAT Assessment Procedure : www.statusin.org/10402.html

The corresponding Regulation (EC) No 312/2009 of 16 April 2009 on the registration of economic operators was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 17 April 2009 (OJEU No L 98 of 17/04/2009, p. 3).

What is the purpose of an EORI number?:
The EORI number:
** uniquely identifies economic operators and other persons in their dealings with the customs authorities;
** must be quoted in all communications (applications during the customs procedure, customs declarations, appeals etc.) between the economic operator or other persons and the customs authorities (including in other member states);
** is also used when exchanging information with other customs authorities and other authorities.

Who has to register?:
All economic operators who conduct activities (including passively) within the scope of their business activities that are subject to customs law (e.g. as an importer, exporter, declarant, authorisation holder during customs procedures or similar) and that have their registered office or residence in the customs territory of the Community (specifically, in Austria) must register with the Austrian customs administration to be allocated an EORI number.

Non-economic operators (e.g. private individuals) can also register.

Each economic operator is allocated a single EORI number, which must then be used by the economic operator and, where applicable, by branches of the economic operator throughout the European Union.

Registration application:
To register for an EORI number, an application must be submitted.

Each economic operator must complete its own registration application; hauliers cannot submit applications for each of their customers.

The registration application must be completed online.

The economic operator will then receive an e-mail with the application information in the form of an EORI application, which must be printed out, signed and returned by post or fax to the customs office responsible for the economic operator’s registered office.

Attention: If the hard copy of the EORI application is not signed and forwarded to the responsible customs office, the electronically recorded data is not processed and no registration will take place.

Registration process:
The customer service team in the customs office responsible for your company reviews the accuracy of the information in your application. Once the accuracy has been confirmed, an EORI number will be issued by the customer administration competence centre.

You will then receive the registration decision on the allocation of an EORI number.

Submit your registration in time:
Registration applications take at least 10 working days to process.

Economic Operators Registration And Identification System Guidelines :
Authorities responsible for the EORI registration :
** It is solely up to the Member States to decide which authorities are responsible for assigning the EORI number.

** The list of authorities responsible for assigning EORI numbers in each Member State is published on the website of DG Taxud in latest indicative information about the EORI National Implementation

Place of registration :
** Economic operators established in the customs territory of the Community  must be registered by the customs authority or the designated authority of the Member State in which they are established7 (Article 4l(1) of the CCIP).

Multinational companies :
** Multinational companies usually consist of a parent company and several entities, each of which is an individual legal person, i.e. a separate legal entity registered in the local company register in accordance with the company law of the Member State where the relevant entity is established, or else take the form of an association of persons recognised as having the capacity to perform legal acts but lacking the legal status of a legal person (Article 4(1) of the CC).