2025 Customs News
Since February 18, goods affected by the SNM, VIM and TST measures are subject to manual clearance. This is because the European Commission has brought forward the date on which it replaced the CHEDD in TRACES NT with the new NOA certificate (Notification of Arrival – NOA) to 18 February, even though the date provided for in the European Single Window Regulation for the entry into operation of CERTEX is 3 March 2025.
Customs and Tax Information Technology Departments are working on the necessary developments to return to automatic clearance through the Customs Single Window (VUA) as soon as possible. Information will be in due course regarding the completion of these developments.
By which NI GA 01/2024 of January 30, regarding the exemption from anti-dumping duties applicable to the import of essential bicycle parts originating in China provided for in Regulation (EC) No 88/97 of the European Commission, is replaced
Which replaces Information Note 13/2024 of May 30, on the destruction of merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights pursuant to Regulation ( EU) No. 608/2013
on the model of a surety bond certificate to guarantee payment of customs and tax debt.
From February 19, the request for control of imports of organic products from third countries (Measure TARIC 750 - organ - Control of imports of organic products) will be mandatory through the PUE-ECOS, which offers two systems for the telematic management of requests by operators.
During the 126th Customs Code Committee – General Legislation meeting held on Friday 7 February 2025, Member States voted on the new revision of the "Implementing Regulation on the technical provisions for developing, maintaining and using electronic systems for the exchange and storage of information pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council" (IRTA).
Pursuant to the revised Article 56 of that Regulation, the transitional measures for AES , including the converter, will be extended until 14 December 2025.
The Commission would like to call on all Member States and economic operators to take action to adapt their systems to the new AES TP end date of December 2025.
See also the communication published on the Europa website:
Extension of the Transition period to the Automated Export System (AES) - European Commission.
on operators carrying out activities in free zones.
The Brexit Project Team of French Customs, within the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes (DGDDI), has convened information sessions to explain important changes to the ELO (Enveloppe Logistique Obligaotire) that will come into force on 1 April.
These sessions will be held in "webinar" format and will take place:
- February 17, 2025, from 14:00 to 15:30 CET, in French and
- February 18, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET, in English.
The coexistence period of G3 and G4 messages, on the one hand, and DSDT , on the other, in the air sector will be set, so that this period will conclude on January 15, 2026 . From that date, air DSDT will no longer be accepted and only G4 and G3 messages may be declared.
Publication of the explanatory guide to the trade agreement between the EU and the Republic of Chile
It is reported that an explanatory guide to the Interim Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile has been published today.
Changes to border controls in chapters 07, 08 and 09 of the tariff.
A webinar will be held on 10 February 2025 from 10:00 to 12:00 to inform about the closing dates of the current import system already announced in the new version dated 11 June 2024 and to answer the questions raised as indicated below.
Until February 5, 2025 inclusive, any questions you wish to be clarified during the meeting may be sent to the following email address: H1.info@correo.aeat.es
On January 20, 2025 at 23:59:59 (time UTC ) the provisional period of the NCTS5 system will end, and the definitive period will begin, during which the conditions relating to the data of the transit declarations for said period will begin to apply.
These validations are cancelled until further notice.
- Documentation that has changed.
They can be seen at:
Tax Agency: Technical guides - Presentation of SAD (Single Administrative Document)
Web Services (agenciatributaria.gob.es). As of 10/01/2025.
- Effective date and definitive closure of the current PreCau due date.
- Email for inquiries:
Access to the presentation environment for Form 591 has been published, which includes the modifications to the Form, in force as of January 1, 2025.
Details of the changes are included in the new version of the document "Designs to which the files generated for the electronic submission of form 591 must conform"
The new version includes the specifications corresponding to the fields that must be completed, and instructions on how to submit them.
Georgia has been formally invited to join the Common Transit Convention and the Convention on the Simplification of Formalities in Trade in Goods. Following the deposit of the instruments of accession on 19 December 2024 and the completion of the necessary formalities to make this accession effective, Georgia will become a contracting party to these Conventions as of 1 February 2025.
It has been detected that incorrect import and export declarations are being made. Thus, from January 14, the following rejections will be introduced into the customs declaration system:
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Import. Indirect representation will not be permitted when the requested regimes are 53 (temporary importation / TEA), 51 (inward processing / IPO IM EX), and 44 (end-use / EUS), 46 and 48 (outward processing / OPO IM EX).
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Export. Indirect representation will not be permitted when the requested regimes are 11 (inward processing / IPO EX IM) and 21 (outward processing / OPO EX IM) and 22 (outward processing / OPO other than 21).
In addition, future versions of the technical guides for these systems will incorporate these validations.
As of January 28, 2025, the number of uses of the "Complete Export Consultation (CCAESC)" web service will be limited to a maximum of 30 times for each MRN of export declaration.
The Technical Guide for Web Services of the AES Export System warns that massive use should not be made of this full query web service. This is a very useful query, but it is very resource intensive, so its use should be limited and reasonable.
Please note that if the operator wishes to know whether the export declaration has already been issued or wishes to be informed of other events that have occurred in the management of the declaration, he/she must subscribe to the AES Export Inbox service. This Inbox service allows the operator to automatically receive communications relating to their export declarations at the same time they occur. With these communications you will be aware of what is happening in your declarations without having to make unnecessary massive use of the Full Export Query.
The way to subscribe to AES export inbox communications is explained in the AES export web services technical guide, which is published on the Electronic Office of the Tax Agency.