[Nhcoll-l] Effective 1 March 2023: Important changes for specimen transfers to Europe, including Schengen Countries Norway, Switzerland and Northern Ireland
Carla Cicero
ccicero at berkeley.edu
Thu May 11 18:41:13 EDT 2023
Thanks Aly! So from that footnote, it seems like EORI is required for VAT
registered institutions.
I also just spoke with FedEx and the agent confirmed that an EORI number is
required for Norway.
On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 1:38 PM Aly Baumgartner <kabaum at umich.edu> wrote:
> Good luck Carla, I'm also trying to sort this out.
>
> The most useful bit of information I've found regarding shipping to Norway
> and Switzerland is in the footnotes on the FedEx website:
> https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html
>
> *"**Please note VAT registered businesses must obtain EORI numbers.
> Depending on applicable country or territory regulations, private
> individuals may need an EORI number to ship or receive packages. In Norway
> this is referred to as Organization number and Switzerland refer to this as
> Unique Identification number."*
>
> It is therefore my understanding that the VAT number is not the same as
> the Organization Number.
>
> If anyone has more information I would be happy to learn more as well!
>
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 4:28 PM Carla Cicero <ccicero at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dirk et al. - I'm trying to send some bird tissue samples to Norway
>> and want to confirm about the EORI number for shipments to that country.
>> Your email says that an EORI number is needed for Norway, but this site
>> <https://www.toll.no/en/corporate/transport-and-customs-warehouse/what-is-an-eori-number/#:~:text=EORI%20is%20not%20used%20in,their%20communication%20with%20Norwegian%20Custom.>
>> says Norway doesn't use an EORI number. My collaborator provided a VAT
>> number instead. Can you or someone else confirm if a EORI number is
>> required for shipments to Norway?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carla
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:13 AM Dirk Neumann <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear NHColl community,
>>>
>>> one of its members made the SPNHC Legs & Regs Committee aware of the
>>> following change of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) Requirements of the
>>> European Union:
>>>
>>> Required key information *for all shipments* *to the EU *allow import *effective
>>> from 1 March 2023*
>>>
>>> - the *EORI number* *of the RECIPIENT - *this is the* customs
>>> identifications number of the Recipient *in the EU / Schengen Area
>>> (termed
>>> - the *correct customs tariff Code* (HS) of the Harmonized System -
>>> minimum are the first six digits classifying goods; our codes are:
>>> - 9705 10 00 - man-made *archaeological, ethnographic or
>>> historical museum artefacts*
>>> - 9705 21 00 - human specimens and parts thereof, i.e. specimens
>>> in / samples from *anthropological collections*
>>> - 9705 22 00* - **zoological or botanical s*pecimens and/or parts
>>> of * extinct or endangered species, *e.g. *specimens / samples
>>> falling under CITES *or under national conservation laws
>>> - *9705 29 00 - all other zoological, botanical, mineralogical,
>>> anatomical or palaeontological specimens that are not categorised as
>>> 'extinct' or 'endangered'*
>>> - full and accurate goods description, i.e.
>>> - What is it? - *preserved museum objects*
>>> - What is it made of ? - *dried preserved insects / formalin
>>> fixed fish / ethanol preserved tissue samples of frogs / macerated dry
>>> preserved sheep bones / marine worms embedded on microslides*,
>>> etc.
>>> - What is it intended for?* loaned/transferred/exchanged* for
>>> Biodiversity/Taxonomic/Molecular/Phylogenetic/Anthropological/Archaeozoological/Palaeontological
>>> *Research*
>>>
>>> This requires that all
>>>
>>> - *European researchers* submit their institutional EORI number to
>>> the respective institutions *with their loan request*
>>> - *All collection staff outside the EU* (and Norway, Switzerland and
>>> Northern Ireland) *request the EORI*
>>> * before sending specimens *
>>>
>>>
>>> *Avoid* issuing/adding/sending *Commercial Invoices* - this implies you
>>> are sending commercial goods that are traded as samples (which will be
>>> taxed)
>>>
>>> Avoid issuing/adding/sending Manufactorer's Declarations - this implies
>>> you are a commercial manufacturer and your shipment contains manufactured
>>> (commercial) goods (that are or can be traded)
>>>
>>>
>>> In Principle nothing new - All those following NHCOll closely or that
>>> have participated at the SPNHC/CETAF/DNFS Shipping Workshops should be
>>> familiar.
>>>
>>>
>>> With best wishes
>>>
>>> Dirk
>>>
>>>
>>> Further information can be found here:
>>>
>>> The EU: link
>>> <https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/customs-security/import-control-system-2-ics2-0_en>
>>>
>>> https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ups.com/de/en/supplychain/insights/news-and-market-updates/import-control-system-2.page
>>> ?
>>>
>>> (no the most useful compilation - note that Northern Ireland is covered
>>> but not mentioned on the DHL Express website)
>>>
>>>
>>> https://mydhl.express.dhl/us/en/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/customs-regulatory-updates/europe.html
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ******
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dirk Neumann*
>>>
>>> Collection Manager, Hamburg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Postal address:
>>>
>>> *Museum of Nature Hamburg*
>>> Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
>>>
>>> of Biodiversity Change
>>>
>>> Dirk Neumann
>>>
>>> Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3
>>>
>>> 20146 Hamburg
>>> +49 40 238 317 – 628
>>>
>>> *d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de <d.neumann at leibniz-lib.de>*
>>>
>>> www.leibniz-lib.de
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Carla Cicero, Ph.D
>> Staff Curator of Birds
>> Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
>> 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
>> University of California
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>
> --
> Aly Baumgartner, PhD
> Research Collections Manager | Vascular Plants
> University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)
> Research Museums Center
> 3600 Varsity Dr. #1048, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228
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Carla Cicero, Ph.D
Staff Curator of Birds
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
TEL: (510) 642-7868
FAX: (510) 643-8238
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