I forgot to mention I use (of course) Jboss 4.0.5 GA with the ejb3 profile selected from the installer View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3989790#3989790 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3989790