Re: EORI Number Requirement

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, it had been stated that, with the transition of the countries party to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure to NCTS Phase 5, the Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) Number would be included in the carrier identification number field of transit declarations under the common transit procedure, and that the validity of the declared EORI number would be checked automatically in the background through the system; the "EORI Matching Guide" had been sent, and it had been announced that it was important to carry out the matching of EORI numbers and tax numbers so that our carrier companies would not suffer any grievance.
This time, the letter dated 26.07.2024 and numbered 28324 received from the General Directorate of Customs of the Ministry of Trade states that work on our country's timetable for the transition to NCTS Phase 5 is continuing. In addition, in order to avoid problems regarding the EORI number with European countries that have already transitioned to Phase 5, as of 01.09.2024, in the carrier identification number field of transit declarations under the common transit procedure departing from our country in the current NCTS application,

• the EORI number must be declared for foreign carriers,
• and tax numbers for which EORI matching has been carried out in the system must be declared for carrier companies established in our country.

In this framework, the same letter emphasises that, as of 01.09.2024, registration of a transit declaration will not be permitted without the declaration of the EORI number for foreign carriers and of tax numbers for which EORI matching has been carried out for carrier companies established in our country. Therefore, in order for our carrier companies not to encounter any problems or suffer any grievance, it is important that they complete the matching of the tax number with the EORI number before 01.09.2024.

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry