Manage pre-customs clearance formalities
Pre-customs clearance formalities include an import safety and security declaration (ENS) as well as logistics formalities to anticipate and secure border crossings.
I am preparing the import safety and security declaration for goods entering the EU customs territory
Pre-customs clearance formalities include ICS2ICS2 (Import Control System 2) is the European Union’s IT system for transmitting pre-customs clearance declarations for goods imported from third countries. … safety and security declarations (data on freight, transport and involved parties) required before goods arrive in the EU customs territory.
Establishing the ENS entry summary declaration in ICS2 helps avoid ‘no loads’, blockages at loading and on arrival. This formality extends to the 27 Member States, Northern Ireland, Switzerland and Norway.
I am preparing the import safety and security declaration for goods entering Northern Ireland
The ICS2 pre-customs clearance formality also applies in Northern Ireland for all goods originating from Great Britain and ROW (Rest Of the World).
I am preparing the import safety and security declaration for Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Pre-customs clearance formalities begin with the establishment of ENS safety and security declarations addressed to the S&S GB system and required before goods arrive in Great Britain’s customs territory. Establishing the ENS / S&S GB entry summary declaration helps avoid any blockages at border crossings.
I manage PNTS/ANTES notifications for non-smart border flows
The PNTS (Notification of Presentation of Goods and Temporary Storage Monitoring) closes the ICS2 declaration formality for non-smart border flows. It serves to inform customs of the arrival of goods in the European Union customs territory before their customs clearance.
This concerns all goods originating from third countries.
The PNTS declaration ensures traceability, customs control and the placement of goods in temporary storage as part of pre-customs clearance formalities. In France, PNTS is designated by the acronym ANTES.
I manage the French logistics envelope for flows between France and the United Kingdom within the smart border framework
I need to prepare an ELO declaration, a logistics envelope that I address to the French customs authority. This concerns the import or export of goods between France and the United Kingdom passing through ports and the tunnel covered by the smart border.
I manage the British logistics envelope for flows with the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland
Pre-customs clearance formalities include the GMR declaration transmitted to the British GVMS (Goods Vehicle Movement Service) system.
The GMR declaration centralises and links all customs formalities for a vehicle before it crosses the British border.
Without a valid GMR, crossing the British border is not authorised.
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