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title: "What Information Do I Need For New EU Shipments?"
description: "Lists the details needed for new EU imports: EORI number, importer of record, VAT number, fiscal representative, deferment account, registration, and incoterms."
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# What Information Do I Need For New EU Shipments?

If you’re going to start shipping with Flexport in the EU, we’ll need a few pieces of information. When initiating a new EU shipment, please share the following with your Flexport team:

- If you have an [EORI number](https://www.gov.uk/eori), what is it? If you don’t have an EORI number, who is going to act as the **Importer of Record**?

- Under whose [Value Added Tax (VAT)](https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/what-is-vat_en) number will the import be filed?

- VAT: Do you have a **fiscal representative** (Limited Fiscal Representative/General Fiscal Representative)?

- VAT: Do you have a **deferment account**? 

- What is the company's **registration number**?

- What is your **registered address**?

- Where is your **legal entity** incorporated?

- **Where** are you shipping to? 

- Are you shipping to **business or consumers** (B2B/B2C)?

- What are the [incoterms](https://www.flexport.com/help/40-a-quick-guide-to-incoterms)?

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*This is a markdown version of [https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/eu-imports-guide/](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/eu-imports-guide/) for AI/LLM consumption.*