EKAER obligation

Announcement in the EKÁER system is required in the case of 

• intra-Community supplies of goods or other movements of goods for purposes other than sale from Hungary to another EU Member State;
• intra-Community acquisitions of goods or other movements of goods for purposes other than acquisition from another EU Member State to Hungary;
• first domestic supplies of goods subject to VAT, where the goods are supplied not directly to end consumers.

involving road transportation subject to transportation by a motor vehicle if the quantity of goods transported in one delivery from one dispatcher to one recipient exceeds the statutory weight or value limit:  500 kg and HUF 1,000,000 for risky products defined by the relevant regulations.

If the transport is not announced in the EKÁER system, the freight may be seized and the penalty imposed may reach up to 40 percent of the value of the goods.