What is an EORI number and how is it used?

What is an EORI number?
Every EU company doing international business and customs operations uses an EORI number. EORI stands for Economic Operators Registration and Identification. A company is obliged to use the EORI number (or have it used) in all customs transactions as an identification number in the data exchange with Dutch Customs.

With the EORI number, economic operators are identified in the same way by Customs in all Member States. This provides efficiency benefits for both those economic operators and Customs. The EORI number is assigned by the Member State where the economic operator is established. An EORI number issued in 1 of the member states is valid in all member states. Dutch Customs informs all economic operators who are assigned a Dutch EORI number in writing about this number. EORI numbers are only issued to a legal entity.

Checking and looking up an EORI number can be done in the EU EORI database, where Customs uses the EORI number to determine whether and which AEO status the economic operator in question has. Depending on the type of AEO permit and the role of the AEO in question, AEO facilities are then granted. Rotra 's customs department is AEO-certified. As a result, customs formalities at Rotra are smooth and successful.

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