Because @Remote denotes a "Business Remote" interface, ie. an EJB3 view. This is confusing because the XML element "remote" is a "Remote Component" interface ie. an EJB2.x view. So while using annotations, you don't specify the remote component interface at all; we'll read it in from the return types of "create" methods in EJB2.x Home. S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4187042#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...