Please note the following information from HMRC in relation to IT service updates, this coming weekend.
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Services affected:
- Customs Handling of Import Export Freight (CHIEF) – Saturday 25 June 2022 10pm to 11pm
- New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) – Saturday 25 June 2022 10pm to 1am Sunday 26 June 2022
- Customs Declaration Service (CDS) – Saturday 25 June 2022 9:30pm to 4am Sunday 26 June 2022
Due to planned maintenance work on CHIEF, the Customs Declaration Service and NCTS, creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference will be affected.
During the scheduled maintenance period, the following GVMS service actions that link to these services may be affected as follows:
- Create or update a goods movement reference (GMR) — goods movement references will go to a ‘non-finalisable’ state if a CHIEF or CDS declaration is being attached during this maintenance, or a “finalisable” state if a NCTS declaration is being attached during above maintenance window.
- Check-in goods movement references (GMRs) (outbound) — goods movement references with a CHIEF / CDS declarations will go to a ‘controlled’ state during this maintenance and when the maintenance ends:
o Queued messages will be processed
o The risking response may change from ‘controlled’ to ‘release’ - Embark goods movement reference (outbound) — departure messages will be queued and will be processed and updated when the maintenance ends
- Embark goods movement reference (inbound) — goods movement references with Customs Declaration Service declarations will go to a ‘controlled’ state and when the maintenance ends:
o Queued messages will be processed
o The risking response may change from ‘controlled’ to ‘release’
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During the CDS downtime period (21.30 hrs Saturday 25th June to 04.00 hrs Sunday 26th June), while GMRs remain mandatory for freight movements using GVMS they will not be validated/given arrived status when checking in at the ferry port of departure. It is recommended that vehicles attend for check in either before or after this outage timeslot, but if this is unavoidable please be aware of the following implications, and advice from HMRC:-
– For Northern Ireland routes, declarations will need to be manually arrived by the Trader Support Service (TSS).
– For crossings from Holyhead and Fishguard to Dublin and Rosslare, export declarations will be automatically departed after 15 days, though you may choose to depart these goods manually if you wish. If there are excise goods involved, traders will need to complete the form C1602 or C1603 (if the goods have already departed) in order for the guarantees to be released.
– For transit movements inbound from Republic of Ireland to Great Britain, and both inbound and outbound between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, the Office of Transit function will not be automatically completed, which means border offices in NI and GB will need to manually process any transit movements upon arrival. Border Force and Irish Revenue officers will be made aware of this by HMRC.
The Stena Line sailings principally affected, are:
Saturday 25th June
Cairnryan–Belfast, 23.30 hrs
Belfast-Cairnryan, 23.30 hrs
Birkenhead-Belfast, 22.30 hrs
Belfast-Birkenhead, 22.30 hrs
Fishguard-Rosslare, 23.45 hrs
Sunday 26th June
Holyhead-Dublin, 02.15 hrs
Dublin-Holyhead, 02.15 hrs
If it is possible for you to check in by 21.30 hrs on Saturday for these departures please do so, and bear in mind also the preference to check in after 04.00 hours on Sunday morning if arriving for subsequent departures.