Notice to Exporters 2022/24: Mandating of EORI numbers in SPIRE

BY:

Steve Berry
16 August 2022

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Further to last year's ECJU Notice to Exporters Update (2021/13) confirming that the exporter's EORI must be included in the business organisation details in SPIRE, a subsequent reminder has been issued.

This confirms that the mandating of EORIs for SIEL's, OIELs and Global Project applications together with Open Licence registrations in SPIRE will commence on 5/9/22.


The mandatory EORI requirement on SPIRE (12 digits without country prefix) applies to applications for export control licences where a declaration is made to HMRC’s Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) or the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) replacing CHIEF.


More information can be found here: NTE 2022/24: mandating of EORI numbers in SPIRE



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