Implications for the authorising party

The authorisation you set up also constitutes an authorisation to consent to digital data retrieval, an authorisation to retrieve data and an authorisation to notify. This means that once the authorisation has been set up, notices and communications will be sent only to the authorised representative’s profile. Your authorised representative will also see your data stored with customs in the portal and some forms will be pre-filled with your stored data.

Requirements for the authorised representative

To act as an authorised representative, you must be registered on the Customs Portal

• using ELSTER, BundID, your eID or the special electronic authority mailbox (for authorities only) and
• have consented to digital data retrieval.

Set-up

You can set up and manage authorisations in your account. Both the person granting the authorisation and the authorised person must be registered in the Customs Portal with ELSTER, BundID, your eID or the special electronic authority mailbox (for authorities only).

To select tax-relevant services for an authorisation, both the authorising party and the authorised representative have to enter the “Tax data” in accordance with the provisions of the German Fiscal Code (AO).

Submitting an application as the authorised representative

To submit an application as the authorised representative, select the respective authorising party at the beginning of an application. When submitting an application under an authorisation, you can only use the service which you have been authorised for.

Alternative authorisation

Independently of setting up an authorisation in the Customs Portal, some services offer their own options for applications to be submitted by authorised representatives. You will be able to select these options at the beginning of the application or as a separate application within the respective service. In this case, only the authorised representative needs a profile on the Customs Portal.

Exceptions

EU Trader Portal

The authorisations created in the Customs Portal do not apply to the EU Trader Portal; these have to be set up separately in the EU Trader Portal service. The relevant settings are configured in the Business Profiles.
Further information on the authorisations on the EU Trader Portal.