Take a look at this: http://javahowto.blogspot.com/2006/06/4-ways-to-get-ejbcontext-in-ejb-3.html Hope this helps Wolfgang View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4006797#4006797 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4006797