Entry summary declaration

Time limits

The deadline for shipping depends on how the goods are loaded on the ship.

1. Containerised cargo: 24 hours prior to loading the goods in the port of departure.
   
2. Bulk or batch: four hours prior to the arrival of the goods to a port in the EU.

The above rules have some exceptions whereby the entry summary declaration may be submitted at the latest two hours prior to the arrival of the goods to the first port in the EU.

• Goods arriving from Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Morocco, ports in the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Black Sea or the Mediterranean.
• Moving between a territory outside the customs territory of the Union and the French overseas departments, the Azores, Madeira or the Canary Islands when the journey last for less than 24 hours.

Data filing

An entry summary declaration should be submitted in the common EU Import Control System (ICS2). Data filing in the system will happen in two stages:

• Maritime carriers, 3 june - 4 December 2024
• Marietime house filers, 4 December 2024–1 April 2025

Traffic from Norway and Switzerland will be exempt from the requirement to file a presentation notification or summary declaration, as Norway and Switzerland are part of the Security Zone.

Time limits

For transport by air, the information should be submitted prior to departure from the third country.

Data filing

An entry summary declaration should be submitted in the common EU Import Control System (ICS2).

Traffic from Norway and Switzerland will be exempt from the requirement to file a presentation notification or summary declaration, as Norway and Switzerland are part of the Security Zone.

Time limits

An entry summary declaration for consignments transported by road should be submitted at the latest one hour before the goods arrive at the border.

Data filing

An entry summary declaration should be submitted in the old Import Control System (ICS).

The new Import Control System (ICS2) will be introduced in the road-traffic flow from 1 April to 1 September 2025.

Traffic from Norway and Switzerland will be exempt from the requirement to file a presentation notification or summary declaration, as Norway and Switzerland are part of the Security Zone.

Declaration guide for the old Import Control System (ICS), in Swedish

Time limits

The following applies to transport by rail:

• When the journey to the Customs Office of First Entry (COFE) is less than 2 hours from the station where the last train formation was formed, the information should be provided at least 1 hour before arrival.
• In other cases, the data should be provided at least 2 hours before arrival.

Data filing

An entry summary declaration should be submitted in the old Import Control System (ICS).

The new Import Control System (ICS2) will be introduced in the rail flow from 1 April to 1 September 2025.

Traffic from Norway and Switzerland will be exempt from the requirement to file a presentation notification or summary declaration, as Norway and Switzerland are part of the Security Zone.

Declaration guide for the old Import Control System (ICS), in Swedish

Norway and Switzerland are part of the EU security zone. This means that you are not required to submit a entry summary declaration when importing goods from Norway or Switzerland.

With regard to postal and express consignments arriving by air, there are some larger goods categories where the requirement to submit an entry summary declaration is waived.

This includes:

• postal consignments - defined as letters, postcards and letters in Braille and printed materials that are exempted from import and export duties.

• diplomatic mail in accordance with the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations
  
• goods entering the customs territory of the Union from Ceuta and Mililla, Gibraltar, Helgoland, the Republic of San Marino, the Vatican State or the Municipality of Livigno.
• other goods mentioned in Article 104 in the Delegated Regulation.

The UCC Delegated Regulation.