At the BSI, certificates confirming the compliance of online collection systems with Regulation (EU) 2019/788 are issued through an application process. To submit an application, organisers must use the standardised application form below. Blank copies of the enclosures and forms to be submitted along with the application are also available to download here:

Antrag auf Erteilung einer Bescheinigung über die Übereinstimmung eines individuellen Online-Sammelsystems mit der Verordnung 2019/788

Please send the original forms, completed and signed, to:

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
Referat S 25
Postfach 20 03 63
53133 Bonn

Please note: in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/788, which entered into force on 1 January 2020, an application is only admissible after the ECI has been successfully registered with the EU Commission.