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Excise Movement Control System (EMCS)

  1. Overview
  2. System for the Exchange of Excise Data (SEED)
  3. EMCS master plan
  4. EMCS trader guide
  5. EMCS ROS user guide
  6. Scope document for EMCS Phase 4.0
  7. Scope document for EMCS Phase 4.1
  8. Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) legislation

System for the Exchange of Excise Data (SEED)

The SEED database is a register of all traders involved in the movement of duty-suspended excisable products and is maintained by each Member State. 

All authorised traders must be registered on SEED and be issued with a SEED number. The SEED number is issued by the local Excise Control Officer and must be quoted on all e-ADs.

SEED on Europa

Traders can now check the validity of a SEED number for any member State on the EU Commission Europa website.

Next: EMCS master plan

Published: 21 April 2020 Print this page

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