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EMEBI, the French intra-EU statistics survey

EMEBI is the French monthly statistical survey on intra-EU movements of goods. It replaced the statistical part of the DEB in 2022 and applies to businesses that French customs select for the survey.

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Who it concerns

  • Businesses moving goods between France and other EU countries.
  • Companies selected by French customs for the EMEBI survey.
  • Sellers with French stock and EU fulfilment flows.
  • Accountants and agencies handling statistical reporting for clients.
Price
€199 / declaration
Scope
VAT & fiscal
Firm
SAS, Bordeaux · SIREN 920 400 462
Last reviewed
2 August 2026

Where French VAT rules require a fiscal representative, that representative must be accredited and established in France.

How we help

We check whether you are in scope, prepare the monthly declaration from your goods movements, and submit it. VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE tracks the period, the data needed and the submission.

What's included

  • EMEBI preparation and filing where required
  • Monthly reporting calendar
  • Review of intra-EU goods movements
  • Commodity codes and values checked
  • Filings archived in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE

A controlled path from review to evidence

  1. Check the lettre-avis

    Only businesses drawn into the annual sample and notified by lettre-avis owe a response, so confirm the notification before preparing anything.

  2. Split the statistical and the fiscal collection

    The survey response and the état récapitulatif TVA are two separate filings that happen to share the DEBWEB2 portal.

  3. Build the monthly dataset

    Aggregate the reference month by flow, commodity code, value, net mass, origin and transaction nature.

  4. File by the tenth working day

    Submit one response per flow type, including a nil month where no goods moved.

Documents and source data

  • The lettre-avis from French customs confirming you are in the sample
  • Intra-EU dispatch and arrival records for the reference month
  • Commodity codes, and the national NGP code where the collection requires one
  • Invoice values, net mass, quantities and country of origin
  • Régime codes and the transaction-nature code for each movement

Example: a selected business with no intra-EU movements in the month

Selection does not pause in a quiet month. The response is still due and is recorded on DEBWEB2 as a mois sans réponse statistique. Silence is met with an administrative fine under the 1951 statistics law rather than a tax penalty, which is why an EMEBI obligation is easy to overlook until the reminders arrive.

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Frequently asked questions

The questions we hear most about this service. If yours is not here, ask us.

No. Only businesses that French customs draw into the sample and notify by lettre-avis have to respond, and once notified a response is due every month, including months with no movements. Being outside the sample does not clear you of everything: the ERTVA is a separate obligation, owed whether or not you are surveyed.

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