Annex III

Annex 38, Title II, is amended as follows:

1. 1..

   the text of box 2: Consignor/Exporter is replaced by the following:

   ‘Where an identification number is required, the EORI number shall be used. It is structured as follows:

   Field	Content	Field type	Format	Examples
   1	Identifier of the Member State assigning the number (ISO alpha 2 country code)	Alphabetic 2	a2	PL
   2	Unique identifier in a Member State	Alphanumeric 15	an..15	1234567890ABCDE

   Example: ‘PL1234567890ABCDE’ for a Polish exporter (country code: PL) whose unique national EORI number is ‘1234567890ABCDE’.

   Country code: the Community’s alphabetical codes for countries and territories are based on the current ISO alpha 2 codes (a2) in so far as they are compatible with the requirements of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries^f1. The Commission regularly publishes regulations updating the list of country codes.’;

2. 2..

   the text of box 8: Consignee is replaced by the following:

   ‘Where an identification number is required, the EORI number, structured as specified in the description for box 2, shall be used.’;

3. 3..

   in box 14: Declarant/Representative, point (b) is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      the first sentence is replaced by the following:

      ‘Where an identification number is required, the EORI number, structured as specified in the description for box 2, shall be used.’;

   2. (b)

      the second sentence is deleted;

4. 4..

   the following box 50 is inserted after box 49:

   ‘ Box 50: Principal

   Where an identification number is required, the EORI number, structured as specified in the description for box 2, shall be used.’