Registration and identification of economic operators (EORI) or EORI-NIF association
Find out how to register for foreign trade operations in Spain (EU).
Contents of the EORI
Information for those established in the EU and consultation
Yes, the information related to the EORI number contains an indicator about the established status of the economic operator, since it is mandatory information according to the regulations.
A person established in the Union is understood to mean:
- in the case of natural persons, any person who has their habitual residence in the customs territory of the Union;
- in the case of legal persons and associations of persons, any person having its registered office, headquarters or a permanent commercial establishment (PCE) in the customs territory of the Union.
"Permanent commercial establishment" is defined as a fixed center of activities, in which the necessary human and technical resources are permanently available, and through which a person's customs operations are carried out, in part or in whole.
Yes. There are two alternative ways to access information related to the EORI:
- Through the Management of this same page, of the portal of the State Tax Administration Agency, (for the consultation of EORI numbers issued by the competent Spanish customs authorities or Spanish Census of EORI Economic Operators)
- Through the TAXUD (European Commission) website, which is included on this same page, which allows you to verify the existence of an EORI number in the European Census of Economic Operators contained in the Economic Operators System (EOS, for its acronym in English). )