EUR.1 export certificate now needs Enhetsregisteret role or proxy

Varesertifikat EUR.1 is a preferential-origin proof that can secure reduced customs duty in the recipient country when goods are exported to states covered by a Norway or EFTA free-trade agreement. The exporter issues the certificate and the customs authorities attest it before export — attestation can be electronic — under vareførselsforskriften § 5-11-3. The same provision allows retrospective issue where an error, oversight or special circumstances prevented issue at export, duplicates where a certificate is stolen, lost or destroyed, replacement certificates where origin goods under customs control are re-consigned, and, as alternatives to the certificate, origin declarations on the invoice or a trade document, supplier declarations under full cumulation, or CN22/CN23 declarations for small postal consignments.

All exporters and their representatives, such as carriers and freight forwarders, may use the Altinn form. To fill in and submit it the filer must now hold a role in the Enhetsregisteret, or hold a power of attorney to the single service or to one of the Ordinær post til virksomheten or Toll access packages. In a transition period the form can still be used with one of five roles from old Altinn: Regnskapsmedarbeider, Daglig leder, Privatperson, Utfyller/Innsender or Kontaktperson NUF. Previously the page required only the Regnskapsmedarbeider role, checked on the user's profile page.

The application must be accompanied by basis documentation showing how the goods obtain preferential origin — principally an origin declaration such as the invoice declaration, a national supplier declaration, or both — with supporting material such as sub-supplier declarations, invoices, stock records and landing or delivery notes. Only goods of the same origin may share one certificateAltinn; mixed origins need several certificatesAltinn. The form page points to Tolletaten's guidance on origin proofs, the country coverage of EUR.1 and completion help, and its professional user support answers questions on filling in the form.

Legal basis: Forskrift om inn- og utførsel av varer (vareførselsforskriften) § 5-11-3, applied for on Tolletaten's EUR.1 form with submission through Enhetsregisteret roles or Altinn fullmakt to the stated service or access package.