diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0da3b13..9ffe5b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,15 +40,19 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId> <!---->
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.example</groupId>
+			<artifactId>batchprocessing</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/ImporterConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/ImporterConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d7514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/ImporterConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.batch;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ImporterConfiguration {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/ExtractZipItemProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/ExtractZipItemProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f5d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/ExtractZipItemProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.batch.processors;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+
+public class ExtractZipItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<File,List<File>> {
+
+	@Override
+	public List<File> process(File item) throws Exception {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/FootnoteItemProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/FootnoteItemProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31d0bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/batch/processors/FootnoteItemProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.batch.processors;
+
+public class FootnoteItemProcessor {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFile.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFile.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4b5879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.model;
+
+
+
+public class UploadFile {
+	
+	int id;
+	
+	UploadFileType type;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFileType.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFileType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d185ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/model/UploadFileType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.model;
+
+public enum UploadFileType {
+	ZIP("null"),
+	DUTIES("Duties Import 01-99.xlsx"),
+	BUSINESS_CODE("TARIC Business codes.xlsx"),
+	GEO_COMPOSITION("Geographical areas composition.xlsx"),
+	GEO("Geographical areas descriptions.xlsx"),
+	LEGAL_BASES("Legal bases.xlsx"),
+	MEASURE_CONDITIONS("Measure conditions.xlsx"),
+	MEASURE_EXCLUSIONS("Measure exclusions.xlsx"),
+	MEASURE_FOOTNOTES("Measure footnotes.xlsx"),
+	NOMENCLATURE_DE("Nomenclature DE.xlsx"),
+	NOMENCLATURE_FR("Nomenclature FR.xlsx"),
+	NOMENCLATURE_EN("Nomenclature EN.xlsx"),
+	DECLARABLE_CODES("Declarable codes.xlsx"),
+	ADDITIONAL_CODES("Additional codes descriptions.xlsx"),
+	BOX_44("Box 44 codes of the SAD.xlsx"),
+	FOOTNOTES("Footnotes descriptions.xlsx"),
+	NOMENCLATURE_FOOTNOTES("Nomenclature footnotes.xlsx");
+
+	UploadFileType(String fileName) {
+		
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/repository/UploadFileRepository.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/repository/UploadFileRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caa7238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/repository/UploadFileRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.repository;
+
+public class UploadFileRepository {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/service/UploadService.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/service/UploadService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af878c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/service/UploadService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.service;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class UploadService {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/web/UploadController.java b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/web/UploadController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af22d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/avatic/taricdb/web/UploadController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package de.avatic.taricdb.web;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class UploadController {
+
+	
+	@PostMapping
+	public void startConversion() {
+		
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 55528b2..b8761f1 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 spring.application.name=taricdb
+spring.batch.job.enabled= false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/schema.sql b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
index a892e16..a686437 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/schema.sql
+++ b/src/main/resources/schema.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-- upload tables
+create table if not exists "upload_file"
+(
+    id 						INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    file_name				TEXT,
+    file_type				ENUM("zip", "duties", "business_codes", "geo_composition", "geo", "legal_bases", "measure_conditions", "measure_exclusions",
+    							 "measure_footnotes", "nomenclature_de", "nomenclature_en", , "nomenclature_fr", "declarable_codes", "additional_codes", "box44",
+    							 "footnotes", "nomenclature_footnotes")
+    blob					LONGBLOB
+    parent_zip				INT
+);
+
 -- meta tables, like units and certificates
 create table if not exists "legal_base"
 (
@@ -110,6 +122,12 @@ create table if not exists "nomenclature"
     is_leaf_start_date					DATE,
     parent_id							INT		-- TODO: for each child do: alter table nomenclature add constraint parent_nomenclature foreign key (parent_id) references nomenclature(id) on delete set null;
 );
+create table if not exists "nomenclature_footnote"
+(
+    id 									INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    FOREIGN KEY (footnote_id)			REFERENCES footnote(id),
+    FOREIGN KEY (nomenclature_id)		REFERENCES nomenclature(id)
+);
 create table if not exists "additional_code"
 (
     id 									INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,