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Major Changes in Belgium relating to Customs Processes

Introduction

Anyone involved with Customs in EZWope is well aware of the scale of changes being implemented as part of the EU’s Multi Annual Strategic Plan (MASP), implementing the Union.

Current Status

When we look at the Customs ecosystem, changes can be seen across the whole lifecycle which can be represented in these flow diagrams:

ICS 2

ICS2 is the replacement system for the current ICS1 for Safety & Security Declarations. Air Carriers went live on 1 March with a deployment window until 1 July. ICS2 allows for dual filing and for Air, forwarders or other parties have a deployment window until 2 October to start submitting their house level filings.

For Maritime the current time frames are for Carriers to start migrating on 1 March 2024 with a deployment window until December 2024.

Temporary Storage and Presentation

Where ICS2 is a centralised EU solution, the next stages of the Customs journey are all National Systems. The first is the entry into Temporary Storage and Presentation of Goods.

The time frames for this changed to become more aligned with ICS2 with Presentation of Goods for Air expected to go live originally on 1 March 2023, but moved back until July and Temporary Storage moved back from March to December 2023.

Temporary Storage and Presentation for Maritime, Road and Rail is currently scheduled to go live on 1 March 2024.

The Temporary Storage MRN should be quoted on the next stage of the goods journey, for example in the Import Declaration to discharge the Temporary Storage procedure.

IDMS will replace PLDA Import

This brings us to the migration from PLDA Import to IDMS. Parts of IDMS have already gone live with the introduction of the H7 declaration. The basic flow of imports largely stays the same with:

The new IDMS declaration has to be conform with the European Customs Data Model (EUCDM). The EUCDM is a technical instrument that models the data requirements of EU customs legislation and presents a single, authoritative source of information.

Data Requirements

The data requirements in EUCDM are defined in the UCC DA (Commission Delegated Regulation No. 2015/2446) and the codes in the UCC-IA (Commission Implementing Regulation No. 2015/2447). These are commonly referred to as Annex B. The EUCDM is also fully compatible with the WCO Data Model.

Within each Data Group, there are the appropriate Data Elements, these generally have a high level reference and a Sub Level.

Code Description
1201000000 Previous Document
1201001000 Reference number
1201002000 Type
1201003000 Type of packages
1201004000 Number of packages
1201005000 Measurement Unit and qualifier
1201006000 Quantity
1201079000 Complement of information
1201007000 Goods item identifier

Declaration Categories

In addition to Data Groups and Data Elements Customs, reference to Declaration Categories define what Data Elements are required:

Supporting Documents

The supporting document are the ones required for the application of the provisions governing the customs procedure for which the goods are declared.

Supporting Document also has a different structure at Header and Detail levels.

Location of the goods

As in PLDA, IDMS only accepts the type of location with the UNLOCODE. This is required for all declarations. In case of a pre-lodged declaration this is not required.

However, if the pre-lodged declaration contains a location of goods, this information can be overwritten by the information provided in the presentation notification should it change.

Current Status

At this moment Belgium customs is still finalizing their system. The current published deadlines are:

However, it is likely that these dates will move back into early 2024.

More Information
Dates
Date Element Completion Guide
Code Lists