Attention! Starting from August 1st, Amazon will terminate this service plan!

Amazon COS is the abbreviation of Call-Off Stock (COS), which is an advanced version of the Pan-EU program launched by Amazon for European merchants. COS allows sellers to store inventory in countries/regions that have registered for Amazon Logistics Europe Integrated Service Program (Germany, France, Italy or Spain) without obtaining a VAT registration number in that country/region.

By enabling COS, sellers only need an EU Value Added Tax (VAT) number in Germany, France, Italy or Spain to enable local storage for eligible ASINs in these countries and ship products to 7 European countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden) with 0 cross-border fees.

Simply put, the COS program allows sellers to enable local inventory placement in multiple countries without registering a VAT registration number . In this way, inventory can be stored closer to consumers, with faster shipments and lower shipping costs!

But now Amazon has announced that it will terminate the plan on August 1, 2024!

In other words, if you want to continue storing inventory in the previous pan-European region/country and enjoy local FBA service fees, you need to register for local VAT and enable the Amazon Pan-European program . Otherwise, Amazon will return the seller’s inventory in the Pan-European program to the operating center where it was originally stored before the end of August.

If sellers want to enable Amazon Logistics Europe Integration Service (Pan-European Program) through a Value Added Tax (VAT) registration number and register for VAT in pan-European countries before November 2024, they can receive compensation of €540 from Amazon for each country/region (please consult Amazon customer service for details of the compensation).

In addition, for sellers who have registered their VAT number before November 1, 2024, Amazon will refund the difference between the European delivery network fees and the local Amazon logistics fees for products that have previously registered for the Pan-European Inventory Accelerator .

The Pan-European Plan is a cross-country FBA delivery plan launched by Amazon for eight European sites: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and Sweden (new sites in the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and Sweden, Poland can also be used as an independent Pan-EU inventory configuration, and the UK is no longer included in the plan due to Brexit).

If Germany/France/Italy/Spain/Poland all have VAT numbers and local inventory, then all countries will have zero cross-border logistics fees.

Simply put, after the seller opens the Pan-European plan, as long as the same SKU and ASIN are used , the products can be placed in any overseas warehouse in multiple countries except Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden. After the order is placed, the platform will arrange the processing of the order. One warehouse handles FBA in 8 European countries.