This is a safety/security requirement for goods entering/leaving EU customs territory.
Importers/exporters would be obliged to supply customs authorities with advance information on the goods. This would also speed up processing and release on arrival.
Proposed rules
Deadlines
- Goods brought in by sea, if the voyage is longer than 24 hours – 24 hours
- Most other cases (exports, imports and transit):
- 2 hours for electronic declarations
- 4 hours for paper declarations.
Exports
For goods leaving the EU under a customs procedure, the customs declaration itself, including the required securityrelated data, can be used as the pre-departure notification.