Origin & Preferences on-premises installation: Latest service pack

In this article, we will inform you regularly as soon as the new service pack for AEB's Origin & Preferences is available in the download area of the AEB Service Portal.

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The installation of the current service pack/release is a basic prerequisite for the use of services and support according to the General Terms and Conditions for Support.

We recommend installing service packs as soon as possible.

What has changed in the current service pack? 

At the turn of the year 2024/2025, far-reaching changes are planned in the Pan-European Mediterranean zone of origin.

• If you have installed a service package for Origin & Preferences since 11.11.2024, it is essential to update it with the service package from 31.12.2024 (version 3.7.5). This is the only way to ensure the correct application for the Pan-Euro-Med zone before issuing supplier declarations or printing declarations of origin on the invoice.
  Otherwise, in some cases the new list rules of the revised regional convention will be used incorrectly. This can lead to technically incorrect preference certificates from 2025.

Backround information:

Until mid-September 2024, it was assumed that the revised rules of the Regional Agreement for the Pan-Euro-Med Cumulation Zone would apply exclusively starting from January 1, 2025. Consequently, your content provider had planned the adaptation of the Regional Agreement in its previous form for certain countries, with an end date set for December 31, 2024. This update was delivered by AEB in Service Package 3.7.4.2 on November 11, 2024.

Unfortunately, there has since been significant uncertainty regarding the application of the Regional Agreement. It turned out that the national ratification processes still play an important role in addition to the dynamic reference in the agreements and therefore fewer agreements will actually be based on the revised rules of the Regional Convention by 1 January 2025. This results in incorrect country content relationships, which will no longer be correct from 2025.

Only the service package 3.7.5. restores the data service with the updated and legally valid list rules.

A detailed overview of the new features can be found in the Release Notes. You can use filter options there to search for specific content or by publication date, for example.
This information is additionally available in HTML format.

Further information can be found in the article Release planning – What´s new, maintenance, releases, and end of support.

Notes on the download

1. Go to the AEB Service Portal at https://service.aeb.de/en/home/.
2. After logging in, click on Downloads.
3. Filter by ASSIST4.
4. Select Software: Origin & Preferences.
5. Now you will be shown all available download options for Origin & Preferences.
6. Download the Origin & Preferences Service Pack.

Notes and requirements before installation

The installation guide can be found in the AEB Service Portal. In the download area, category Software: Origin & Preferences, the Installation Guide Origin & Preferences – Installing service packs is available.