BIFAlink April 2023

Policy & Compliance

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• Where the transit movement cannot continue, the Office of Incident will act as Office of Destination and carry out all arrival formalities there. • Where the Office of Incident decides that the transit movement can continue, the journey

The reasons why you need to take action and report an incident have not changed. The person responsible for moving the goods (such as the haulier) must present them, together with the MRN for the declaration, to the nearest Customs office (who will act as Office of Incident) in the territory in which the means of transport is located at the time of the incident. You can find further

can resume, ending at the Office of Destination as originally planned.

When an incident is registered, a notification will be issued electronically to the person who made the departure transit declaration. This will be either via its NCTS5 compatible software, or via the NCTS web portal, if used. The notification will include all details of the incident, such as the location and any additional relevant details including transport changes, transhipment and seal changes. From 30 November 2023, if an incident occurs during a transit movement, you will need to report the details immediately to the nearest Customs office. NCTS5 users can find a list of Customs offices on the official website of the European Union (https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/customs- office-list?locale=en).

information about reasons for reporting an incident in the Transit Manual Supplement

(www.gov.uk/government/publications/transit- manual-supplement pp 94-95 section 7.6 Control Declaration Goods – incidents en route).

Further NCTS5 updates issued by HMRC will be uploaded to www.bifa.org/information/ ncts-5 as they become available and reproduced in future issues of BIFAlink .

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