Evolution towards the single EORI/EORI SIREN:

- Any operator can obtain an EORI SIREN since April 2023 (as a reminder, all AEOs automatically have an EORI SIREN).The EORI SIREN must be used in European customs applications.

- EORI SIRET can still be used in national customs applications. Eventually, EORI SIREN will have to be used in all national customs applications. The timetable for the transition to EORI SIREN will be communicated in 2026 by the DGDDI.

- EORIs from other Member States and EORIs from outside the EU (FRGB, FRCH, etc.) ...) are already unique. No new EORI applications are to be made for these operators.

The EORI number, assigned at the level of the legal entity of a company, takes the structure of the SIREN number according to the scheme: FR + SIREN.

The EORI number, assigned at the level of the establishment of a company, takes the structure of the SIRET number according to the scheme: FR + SIRET.

Here is a link to the presentation of the latest webinar on EORI SIREN.

Undertakings carrying out customs clearance operations in France or in another Member State must be registered as EORIs where:

• they are established in France;
• they are established in a country outside the European Union, if they are not already registered in another EU Member State.

However:

• Undertakings whose head office is established in another Member State must be registered in that Member State;
• Individuals who do not carry out activities in connection with customs legislation will not need an EORI number.
• Where the export seller is a company not established in the customs territory of the European Union (TDU) or does not have a permanent establishment in the TDU, it cannot be classified as an exporter within the customs meaning (for more details, see Note to traders No 20000071 of 3 March 2020).

By filing a request to intervene with Customs, you give them the option to detain goods suspected of infringing one of your intellectual property rights for a limited period of time, in order to allow you to defend your rights.

Since September 2020, the EORI number is mandatory for the applicant (rights holder) as well as for his representative.

For the sake of simplification and harmonization with other Member States, the EORI registration will henceforth be carried out only at the head office of the undertaking (SIREN) and no longer at the establishment (SIRET).

However, we invite you to start this process today in order to be able to integrate this new EORI SIREN number directly into the IPEP and thus avoid the difficulties associated with a change of EORI number in this portal.

• You are entitled to make an application to intervene on behalf of a rightholder:
  The regulatory amendment concerns the applicant and the representative. Everyone must therefore have their own EORI number.
• You are a representative of rightholders within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 and are responsible for several applications for action:
  You will need:
  • an EORI number that will be both your identifier in the future EUIPO portal;
  • one EORI number per rightholder.
• Your client, rights holder, is based abroad:
  You can do this on his behalf directly on our website.
• You are not a rights holder, but in some applications for intervention, you are taken back as
  technical and/or legal representative to be contacted in the context of a detention:
  The representatives listed only in box 7 of the form do not need to provide their EORI number for these requests for intervention.
• You are a representative of rightholders and only wish to file a request for intervention based on the Intellectual Property Code (IPC) in addition to a request for intervention based on Regulation (EU) No 608/2013. Do you need an EORI?
  No, the regulatory amendment only concerns forms covered by Regulation (EU) No 608/2013. However, in the event that you wish to hang up a request for CPI intervention to an existing request for intervention based on Regulation (EU) 608/2013, you will need an EORI number as soon as you are included in box 4 of the form.
• You have to renew your intervention request every year, is the same with the EORI number?
  No. The EORI number can only be requested once.

• Official Customs Bulletin 6918 of 17/01/2012
• Regulation (EC) 312/2009 of 16 April 2009
• DG TAXUD EORI Guidelines[PDF]
• Note to operators n°20000071 of 3 March 2020[PDF]

For companies that do not have a VAT number FR or have a VAT number from another Member State:

• Extract Kbis or equivalent (extract from a commercial register that attests to the legal existence of the company).
• Document certifying that France will be the Member State in which the first customs operation will take place, pursuant to Article 5 § 6 of the Delegated Regulation of the Union Customs Code (UCC).

Any EORI number issued shall be active 24 hours after its issue due to the delays in processing the necessary information at Community level.

Video Tutorial

• Customs | French Tech - The EORI number