Registering in EDM and the shipment contact person

In detail

Who must register

All natural and legal persons with a seat or establishment in Austria involved as notifier, arranger, waste producer, consignee, facility operator or carrier in a shipment into, out of or through Austria must be registered in EDM (Electronic Data Management, edm.gv.at) (BMLUK).

The shipment contact person

• Every person registered in EDM must name at least one "contact person for shipments". Without one, it is not registered in DIWASS.
• Explicitly not the responsible person under § 26(6) AWG 2002, but whoever is the point of contact for notifications and Green List shipments.
• It is entered in ZAReg, the central facility register in EDM. The BMLUK offers a step-by-step guide as a PDF.

The transfer to DIWASS

Once the master data and the contact person are up to date, EDM transfers the data to DIWASS automatically. This replaces a separate DIWASS registration for all purposes concerning shipments out of, into or through Austria (BMLUK).

• EORI number: the Commission uses the EORI number as the central identifier. For Austrian companies it comes automatically from the business service portal (USP) into ZAReg and from there to DIWASS; there is nothing to enter yourself.
• Without an EORI number, the company is identified by its person GLN from EDM.
• Sites need a complete address in ZAReg, with postcode, town and street, or they are missing in eVerbringung or can't be found in DIWASS by partners abroad.

Checking that it worked

The BMLUK recommends creating a test notification in eVerbringung and picking yourself as notifier, even if you are otherwise only a consignee, facility operator or arranger. If that works, the transfer worked. If the message "nicht als DIWASS Operator vorhanden" (not present as a DIWASS operator) appears:

1. check the shipment contact person in ZAReg's master data;
2. check that the EORI number is entered correctly in ZAReg;
3. if everything is right: contact the EDM helpdesk, edm-helpdesk@umweltbundesamt.at.

Carriers without a seat or establishment in Austria that were registered in EDM are not transferred to DIWASS; they ask their own national authority (BMLUK).