End of the flexible enforcement period for the European Commission's EORI Regulation

Dear Customer,

The European Commission’s Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) Regulation entered into force on July 1, 2009. It requires that the economic operator’s EORI number be included as an identifier every time it undertakes a transaction with national customs administrations in the EU.

Considering some EU Member States have had difficulties in implementing the EORI Regulation. Consequently, the Commission clarified to the EU Member States that they, pending resolution of these difficulties, should not strictly enforce the requirement that the EORI number be included in all Customs transactions.

Today, we received confirmation from the European Commission that this period of flexible enforcement of the EORI number requirement is coming to an end.  In the attached letter, the Commission informs the EU Member States that the EORI Regulation is to be fully enforced as of July 1, 2010.

We would like to draw the attention of our customers for this particular requirement to avoid further problems and eventual delays on your regular cargo flow.

                             Letter from the European Commision             Download
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Please note adress for local customs EORI site : http://www.dgaiec.min-financas.pt/pt/informacao_aduaneira/eori


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