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END OF THE EU-UK ‘TRANSITION PERIOD’

The BREXIT transition period will end at 23:00 GMT December 31, 2020. 

From that point onwards, the UK will no longer be part of the EU and the secure filings will be impacted as follows:

•    As the UK is no longer part of the EU, for all cargo that is loaded in the UK or passes through the UK following load calls in or outside EU prior to the call at the UK port, Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) becomes applicable where the vessel service has subsequent calls at EU ports.

Example service: Qingdao-Pusan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Yantian-Singapore-Rotterdam-Southampton-Le Havre-Hamburg-Rotterdam-Singapore

For this example service, ENS is applicable for entry in the EU via Rotterdam after the Far East load calls as well for the re-entry into the EU at Le Havre following the vessel call at Southampton.

The ENS declaration should contain data for cargo discharging as well as cargo remaining on board at the EU ports. As a result, the cut off time for cargo loaded in the UK is set at 48 hours prior to vessel arrival at the UK port.

•    From January 1, 2021, UK customs will continue to demand receipt of an ENS declaration for all cargo discharged, transhipped or remaining on board at a UK port for cargo originating from outside the EU.
o    For cargo originating from within the EU, the ENS declaration becomes mandatory as from July 1, 2021
o    UK customs have set-up the Safety and Security (S&S) platform for the receipt of the ENS messages
o    For these UK-ENS messages, the same 24-hour rule (declaration of cargo loaded 24 hours prior to vessel load) applies as for EU-ENS
o    For UK-ENS, EORI numbers are mandatory for Consignee and Notify parties for cargo discharging in the UK and therefore will have to be included in the shipping instruction

•    For Northern Ireland, the UK and the EU have agreed that Northern Ireland will remain part of the EU’s Safety and Security Zone.  As a result, standard EU-ENS rules remain applicable for Northern Ireland. For example, this means that an EU ENS declaration is applicable for cargo traffic between Southampton and Belfast, whereas the UK-ENS becomes applicable for traffic between Northern-Ireland and UK ports.  

ONE has taken all necessary steps to comply with the various changes in the customs declaration and has implemented application changes as well as updated registrations with EU and UK customs in order to be well prepared for any situation that will result from the end of the Brexit transition period and subsequent implementation of new customs declaration schemes.

Ocean Network Express (Europe) Ltd and its partners continue to work hard to facilitate a smooth transition to the future EU-UK relationship and will endeavour to minimise inconvenience to its customers; always subject to and in accordance with ONE’s standard terms and conditions of carriage. That said, there does remain a risk that delays will be encountered at UK and EU Ports as a result of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union leading up to and after the end of the transition period. We trust that ONE’s valued customers will continue to work with us at this time in order to minimise inconvenience for all.