Time limits for the lodging of the entry summary declaration (ENS)
The deadlines for handing over the entry summary declaration (ENS) to the customs office of entry (mandatory after the implementation of the Import Control System ) depend on the means of transport (source: http://ec.europa.eu/ecip/):
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Means of transport
Containerised maritime cargo (except short sea containerized shipping) |
Deadline
24 hours before commencement of loading in each foreign load port |
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Bulk/ break bulk maritime cargo (except short sea bulk/ break bulk shipping) |
4 hours before arrival at the first port in the EU |
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Short sea shipping - Movements between Greenland, Faroe Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Norway, Iceland, or ports on the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Black Sea or the Mediterranean, all ports of Morocco, and the customs territory of the EU except French overseas department, Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands |
2 hours before arrival at the first port in the EU |
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Short sea shipping - Movements with a duration of less than 24 hours between a territory outside the customs territory of the EU and the French overseas departments, Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands |
2 hours before arrival at the first port in the EU |
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Short haul flights (less than 4 hours duration) |
At least by the time of the actual take off of the aircraft |
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Long haul flights (more than 4 hours duration) |
4 hours before arrival at the first airport in the EU |
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Rail and inland waterways |
2 hours before arrival at the customs office of entry in the EU |
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Road traffic |
1 hour before arrival at the customs office of entry in the EU |
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