EORI registration for customs clearance
An EORI number identifies you to customs. You need it to import or export goods through France or the EU, and carriers and customs brokers will ask for it.
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- Included when we handle your French VAT registration
- Standalone EORI registration available on request
Prices exclude VAT.
Get a quoteWho it concerns
- Sellers importing goods into France.
- Businesses exporting from France or the EU.
- Non-EU sellers using a French import flow.
- Sellers whose carrier or customs broker has requested an EORI.
- Price
- Included with VAT
- 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 obtain your EORI as part of your French VAT registration, so you can import from day one. Need EORI on its own? We can do that too, and keep the number in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE.
What's included
- EORI eligibility and document review
- Registration request prepared and submitted
- Follow-up until the number is issued
- EORI record stored in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE
A controlled path from review to evidence
Check for an existing EU EORI
An operator should not obtain duplicate EORI registrations in multiple Member States.
Confirm France is competent
Review establishment and the first customs operation for a non-EU operator.
Prepare the SOPRANO request
Submit the operator and activity details through the French customs route.
Validate activation
Check the issued number before it is used in a live customs declaration.
Documents and source data
- Company registration evidence
- Existing EU EORI number or validation result
- Expected French import or export flow
- Customs representative details, where relevant
- French VAT and establishment information
Example: a non-EU importer clearing its first shipment in France
We first verify that the business does not already have an EORI from another Member State. If France is the correct place of registration, the request is prepared for the competent customs service and the number is validated before clearance.
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