Chapter 2, Article 9 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290

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Article 9Identification of operators and competent authorities in the systems#

1.The systems and software shall identify operators on the basis of their main identification number.

2.Where the operator is registered for customs purposes pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, the operator shall provide its EORI number as the main identification number under this Regulation.

3.Member States shall communicate, by 3 February 2026, to the Commission and to the operators what identification number shall be the main identification number for operators based in their Member State and not identified pursuant to paragraph 2. Member States shall also specify what registration numbers are required to be provided for purposes of registration in the systems or software.

4.The main identification number for operators based in third countries that are not required to register for customs purposes pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, shall be another identification number, as provided by the legislation of the country, where this operator is based.

5.The systems and software shall allow for the identification of operators also on the basis of other identification numbers.

6.An operator may indicate in the systems or software whether it has one or more sites. Where an operator has one or more sites, the operator shall indicate whether and which of its sites is concerned by a given operation each time the operator acts in the systems or software.

7.The systems and software shall identify competent authorities based on their codes referred to in box 15 (b) of the form set out in Annex IA to Regulation (EU) 2024/1157.

8.The central system shall assign a specific code to the competent authority when the Commission authorises the first user to act on behalf of such authority. The code shall have the following characteristics:

(a)be unique;

(b)be prefixed with a two-letter country code of the country of dispatch in accordance with the ISO standard 3166-1 alpha-2 abbreviation list;

(c)after the code referred to in point (b), comprise two numerical characters.

In cases referred to in Article 8(6), the specific code shall be assigned when the competent authority of the third country concerned is registered in the central system.

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Annex VII
means Annex VII to the Regulation (EU) 2024/1157, that is used for shipments of waste subject to the general information requirements referred to in Article 18 of that Regulation;
Annex VII document number
means the number assigned in the systems to a specific submission of information in accordance with the form set out in Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157;
API
means the technical interface used for machine-to-machine connection, that allows access to the central system;
authorities
means the competent authorities defined in Article 3, point (9), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and authorities involved in inspections;
Boolean
means that the value shall be either ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
box of Annex I
refers to box of Annex I of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2571.
CA
means competent authority;
central system
means a digital system for shipments of waste referred to in Article 27(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and operated by the Commission;
Economic Operator Registration and Identification number (EORI number)
means ‘Economic Operator Registration and Identification number (EORI number)’ as defined in Article 1, point (18), of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446;
eFTI platform
means eFTI platform as defined in Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
Facility
means a facility receiving waste or a consignee.
GUI
means the visual interface used to access the central system directly through a website that is operated by the Commission as a part of the central system;
inspection system
means a system that is operated by an inspection authority in a Member State or by the Commission, for the purposes of retrieving information and documents referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and that connects with the central system through an API;
interim facility
means a facility that carries out interim recovery or interim disposal operations of waste;
local system
means a system that is operated by a competent authority in accordance with Article 27(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and that connects with the central system through an API;
movement document number
means the number assigned in the systems to a specific submission of information in accordance with the movement document set out in Annex IB to the Regulation (EU) 2024/1157;
operator
means any natural or legal person, who carries out, plans to carry out or is involved in carrying out a shipment of waste, and acts as a notifier, a person who arranges a shipment, a carrier, a consignee, a waste producer or a waste management facility, irrespective of whether this person acts in a professional capacity or not, excluding competent authorities and authorities involved in inspections;
PIC
means the procedure of prior written notification, as referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157;
PWAS
means a person who arranges the shipment;
site
means a location of an operator having a different address or name from the address or name indicated by such operator during their first registration in the systems or software, that is allowed under the respective national law to use the same main identification number as the operator concerned;
software
means any software other than the central system or local system, which is used for the purpose of submitting and exchanging information and documents referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and that connects with the central system via an API;
subsequent interim or non-interim facility located in the country of destination
means a facility that carries out interim or non-interim recovery or interim or non-interim disposal operations of waste after it was shipped pursuant to Article 15(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157.
systems
means the central system and the local systems;
user
means any natural person using the central system, local system or other software;
UUID
means a label uniquely identifying data elements and the relationship between them;
Validated
means that the systems are required to automatically verify the data provided in a given field;
working day
means any day from Monday to Friday excluding 1 January, 1 May, 15 August, 1 November, 25 December, 26 December.