To apply for a certificate of origin or a certificate for a commercial document, you can use an online procedure or a written procedure.

Online procedure:

• Send an e-mail to the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) responsible for you with a request to activate you for the eUZweb online application. You will receive a registration code by e-mail.
• Call up the eUZweb online service and log in.
• Complete the application and send it to the IHK.
• The IHK will check that your details are complete and correct.
• The IHK may request additional information and documents from you to verify the accuracy of the information contained in the application.
• After checking the information, the IHK certifies the certificate of origin or the commercial document by means of an electronic signature.
• The IHK will then make the certified document available to you in the online application.
• You can use the document as a fully digital document or print it out if required.

Written procedure:

• You will receive the application form from your local IHK.
• Complete the application and sign it.
• Submit the application either by post or on site at your Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
• The IHK will check that your information is complete and correct.
• The IHK may request additional information and documents from you to verify the accuracy of the information contained in the application.
• After checking the information, the IHK certifies the certificate of origin or the commercial document.

The certified document will then be returned to you by post.

• A few minutes by default in the online procedure
• Normally a few days in the written procedure