Article 86 Application to become a registered exporter(Article 64(1) of the Code)

To become a registered exporter, an exporter shall lodge an application with the competent authorities of the beneficiary country where he has his headquarters or where he is permanently established.

The application shall be made using the form set out in Annex 22-06.

To become a registered exporter, an exporter or a re-consignor of goods established in the customs territory of the Union shall lodge an application with the customs authorities of that Member States. The application shall be made using the form set out in F1Annex 22-06A.

For the purposes of exports under the GSP schemes of the Union, of Norway or of Switzerland, exporters shall only be required to be registered once.

A registered exporter number shall be assigned to the exporter by the competent authorities of the beneficiary country with a view to exporting under the GSP schemes of the Union, Norway and Switzerland, to the extent that those countries have recognised the country where the registration has taken place as a beneficiary country.

The first and second subparagraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purpose of exports under the GSP scheme of Turkey once that country starts applying the REX system. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union (C series) the date on which Turkey starts applying that system.

The registration shall be valid as of the date on which the competent authorities of a beneficiary country or the customs authorities of a Member State receive a complete application for registration, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.

Where the exporter is represented for the purpose of carrying out export formalities and the representative of the exporter is also a registered exporter, this representative shall not use his own registered exporter number.