Apply Online for your Certificates of Origin.

e-Cert eXpress are available through the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce.

e-Cert enables UK exporters to apply for Certificates of Origin directly from their PCs connected to the Internet.

This is very good news for exporters looking to maintain a competitive edge in a tough international marketplace.

Certificates of Origin are essential for exporting companies to comply with customs requirements in the importing state, as well as meeting banking and other commercial criteria.

Exporters and Freight Forwarders have been able to apply for Certificates of Origin online for some time now through the application of e-Cert and a-Cert.

This system has been improved to include a database and e-Cert Xpress will allow authorised clients to apply for European Certificates of Origin online and have the digitally stamped Certificate of Origin returned for printing in their own office on the required European Certificate of Origin forms.

Procedure

  • Access the E-Cert website at www.cofo.org.uk/norfolk and register your company
  • Complete the Formal Undertaking provided once your registration has been received by us.
  • Upload a scanned signature to the site (signature must meet required specifications)*
  • Create some database files
  • Complete your Certificate of Origin and/or Invoice.
  • The Certificate is ready for collection or posting on the standard e-Cert service
  • If you are approved for the e-Cert Xpress service, the digitally stamped certificate can be printed in your own office
Benefits

  • Speed - application process has been reduced to a matter of hours
  • Efficiency - in completion of the form and delivery to the Chamber
  • Cost savings - in presenting the form to the Chamber (couriers, post, staff time)
  • Regularly entered data can be stored in the database facilities
  • Professional end product
The website address is www.cofo.org.uk/norfolk . In order to obtain your registration name and the issuing body password, please contact Tracey Howard on 01603 729712, or email export@norfolkchamber.co.uk

If you are applying for documents from us for the first time you will need to complete a Formal Undertaking and Authorised Signatory Form. For a copy of the Standard Rules that apply for these procedures click here.

*If you are unable to scan your own signatures we can do this for you at a small cost.