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NCTS TECHNICAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATION

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International Trade New Computerised Transit System (NCTS)

Phase 4

Technical Interface Specification (TIS) Version 3.9.3


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DOCUMENT SUMMARY

This document is the first part of the Technical Interface Specification (TIS) for Direct Trader Input (DTI) to NCTS.

It shows the processes involved in the exchange of EDIFACT messages with traders and defines those messages.

KEY PERSONNEL

Role Name Approval Signature / Date

Author Paul Martin 11/08/2017

Approved by

REFERENCES

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1. 1

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Functional Transit System Specification – NCTS CORR 2009-

final

FTSS-CORR-2009 final

2. 2

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Design Document for National Transit Applications – V17.00 Error! Unknown document property

name. v17.00.doc

3. 2

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DDNA_KEL_Known Error List v0.26 DDNA_KEL_Known Error List

v0.26.mdb

4. 4 Guidelines For Printing of TAD & List of Items http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/customs/procedural_aspects/transit/common_community/transit_manual_consolidation_en.pdf

5. 5

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Draft of Accompanying Documents DGXXI/1471/97-r1

6. 6

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NCTS – Transit Manual Supplement V3.3 - August 2011 TAXUD/801/2004

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/customs/procedural_aspects/transit/common_community/transit_manual_consolidation_en.pdf





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CHANGE HISTORY

Version

No.

Date Details of Changes included in Update Author(s)

0.1 07/06/2000 Initial draft issue. M Thomas

0.2 05/02/2001 Amendments after review by Linden Currie Fiona Byatt

0.3 28/03/2001 Amendments resulting from release of DDNTA v4.00 Fiona Byatt

0.4 08/06/2001 Amendments following review by the Customs Outfield

Incorporation of NCTS External Messages Overview document

Amendments resulting from release of KEL v0.30 15/6/01

Amendments following review by CSPs and software suppliers

Fiona Byatt

0.5 17/05/2002 Amendments following review by James Douglas-Hamilton

Amendments resulting from release of MCC v3.1.8.0

Fiona Byatt

0.6 17/05/2002 Removal of messages that are not being delivered with Phase 3.1 of

the MCC i.e. IE04, IE05, IE13, IE19, IE21, IE23, IE100, and those

that are not being used by the UK i.e. IE54, IE62

Fiona Byatt

0.7 27/05/2002 Amendments following review by Business Change Fiona Byatt

1.0 30/5/02 Issued to the Trade Fiona Byatt

1.1 7/2/2003 Inclusion of Authentication Information/Identifier in IE29 message

and in printing of TAD

Amendments resulting from release of MCC v 3.2.3.0

Amendments following review by Trade/Software suppliers

The following have changed:

sections 1.3 and 1.4

codelist 71 in the IE15, IE29 and IE51 GUARANTEE data

groups

rule TR0103 in the IE15, IE29, IE44 and IE51 PRODUCED

DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES data groups

Binding Itinerary data item in the IE29 HEADER data group is

an..140 not n1

AUTHENTICATION data group at the end of IE29

occurrence of RESULTS OF CONTROL data group on IE44

section 8 (Glossary)

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1.2 16/5/2003 Inclusion of IE907 CONTRL error message



sections 1.3, 1.4

The maximum number of goods items, per declaration, is 200

Condition C005

Guarantee reference number and access code must be entered

in upper case

codelist 100 replaced by codelist 18

occurrence of RESULTS OF CONTROL and GOODS ITEM.

RESULTS OF CONTROL data groups on IE51

SEALS ID (IE44) changed from R to D

The optional field ‘Type of means of transport crossing border’

should not be used

The optional field ‘Seals Identity Lng’ should not be used

Fiona Byatt

1.3 19/9/03 Inclusion of data item acronyms, for ‘Error pointer’ field of

IE08/16/58 functional error messages, as Code List 100

Amendments resulting from changes to EDCS



section 1.4

removal of superfluous elements from MESSAGE group

section A.2.1

condition C135

rules R155, R165 and R240

sections G2 and G3

appendix H

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1.4 27/02/04

Amendments in line with MCC version P31 1.0.0 and ECN version

P31 1.0.0

Inclusion of IE917 FUNACK error message

The trader who presents a movement at destination can be

from a country outside the Contracting Parties, therefore

Destination Trader Country Code will be validated against

code list 8 (full list of countries)

addition of condition C236 against Principal’s TIN

The maximum number of goods items, per declaration, is

999

Technical Rule TR0095 is applicable to GOODS

ITEM.Item Number rather than HEADER.Total Number

of Items

HEADER.Total Gross Mass must be larger than zero

Representative Capacity data item is an..35 rather than

a..35

The optional field ‘Type of means of transport crossing

border’ can be used

The optional field ‘Seals Identity Lng’ can be used

Removal of code list 42 (values already held in code list

41)

Addition of character set ISO 8859-4

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2.0 18/02/2005 Amendments to code lists 8, 9, 10,12, 23, 39, 47, 60, 63, 71, 100

Value of ‘A3’, in codelist 47, changed from ‘Authorised Consignor’

to ‘Simplified Procedure’

Logical message structures moved from appendices to main

document

Branching diagrams and Edifact message structures moved from

main document to appendices


P32 4.0.0

Addition of character sets ISO 8859-3 and ISO 8859-5

Incident flag (IE007) now conditional and subject to

TR9030

New declarations after the 01/01/2005 are not accepted if

they contain PLL

Addition of IE055 (Guarantee not valid) message

Ability to input liability amount, on IE15, for foreign

guarantees

Change to condition C236

Change to rule R035

GOODS ITEM.PACKAGES group on IE044 changed to

‘dependent’

Number pf loading lists (IE029, IE043) subject to TR0096

Country of dispatch/export code (IE029, IE043) subject to

TR0097

Additional code list 52 for guarantee management

Additional code lists 65, 66, 80 and 85 for additional

character sets

Change to ‘Test indicator’ data item in UNB segment and

now subject to TR9085

Removal of Authentication data group from IE029.

Authentication information is not printed on the TAD any

more.

Fiona Byatt

2.1 19/04/05 Addition of footnote in section 3.1 Fiona Byatt

2.2 20/05/05 Clarification of format of liability amount Fiona Byatt

2.3 20/06/05 Clarification of processing following sending of IE55 (Guarantee

not valid) message, in section 3.1

Following a legislation amendment, from 01/07/05 new ‘Kind of

Packages’ codes, three new ‘Guarantee Type’ codes and one new

‘Declaration Type’ code will be introduced.

In order to allow for this, the format of ‘Guarantee Type’ has

changed from n1 to an1.

The format of ‘Kind of Packages’ in appendix H.7 has been changed

from a2 to an..3, in line with sections 3 and 4 and appendix B.

New values have been added to code lists 31 and 51 in appendix F.

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2.4 20/10/06 New message IE928 (Positive Acknowledgement) sent in

response to an IE015 submitted remotely under normal

procedure (Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, Appendix B.23, codelist

60)

Conditions C005 and C006 replaced by technical rules

TR9090 and TR9095 on ‘Identity of means of transport at

departure’ and ‘Nationality of means of transport at departure’ on

IE015, IE029, IE043 and IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5,

Appendix B.9, B.13, B.14, B.17, C, E)

Package codes “NF” and “NG”, as well as “NE”, are

“unpacked” package types in condition C060 (Appendix

C)

The field “Seals Number” on the IE015 is permitted to

contain the value “0” when there is a waiver for the use of

seals. The text “waiver” is entered in the ‘Seals Identity’

field (rule R165 in Appendix D)

When an IE015 contains ‘CAL’ details in the ‘Special

Mentions’ field, the actual ‘CAL’ details will be included

in the IE029 message so as to inform the trader of the

actual guarantee amount in comparison to the original

guarantee amount that had been declared (Section 1.3)

Updated rule R330 (Appendix D)

Updated technical rule TR0013 (Appendix E)

New technical rule TR1200 applied to ‘Goods Item. Item

Number’ (Section 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, Appendix B.9, B.13,

B.14, B.17, E)

Updated conditions C086, C125 and C236 (Appendix C)

Addition of Bulgaria and Romania to code lists 63 and 71

(Appendix F)

Fiona Byatt

2.5 05/12/06 In anticipation of Bulgaria and Romania becoming

members of the EU on 01/01/07, these countries are

removed from code lists 63 and 71 and Romania is added

to code list 65 (Appendix F)

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2.6 18/06/2008 Implementation of the NCTS-TIR for NCTS

Guarantee type for TIR changed from ‘b’ to ‘B’

Addition of conditions C900, C901, C902, C903

and rules R900, R901, R902, R903 to messages

IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9,

Appendices B9, B13, B17, C, D)

Data group GOODS ITEM.PRODUCED

DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES changed from

Optional to Dependant in messages IE015, IE029,

IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices B9,

B13, B17, H17 (DOC(111)))

Data item GOODS ITEM.PRODUCED

DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.Document

type changed from Optional to Dependant and

from an..3 to an..4 in messages IE015, IE029,

IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices B9,

B13, B17, H17 (DOC(111)))

Data item GOODS ITEM.PRODUCED

DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.Document

reference changed from Optional to Dependant

and from an..20 to an..35 in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices

B9, B13, B17, H17 (DOC(111)))

Inclusion of guarantee type ‘B’ in condition C085

(Appendix C)

Implementation of the connection of Andorra (AD) and San Marino

(SM) to NCTS

Addition of rules R904, R905, R906, R907, R908,

R909, R910 to messages IE015, IE029, IE051

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices B9, B13, B17,

D)

Changes to conditions C001, C002, C030 in

messages IE015, IE029, IE051


P32 6.2.0

Rule R035 replaced by technical rule TR0035 (Sections

3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, Appendices B9, B13, B14, B17, C, E)

Amendments to codelists 9, 10, 39, 51, 63

Removal of redundant technical rules TR0096 and TR0097

Fiona Byatt

3.0 18/12/2008 Amendments in line with MCC P4 version 7.0.0 and ECN P4

version 7.0.0

Safety and security information on the following

messages: IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9,

Appendices B9, B13, B17, H17)

Data items HEADER. Specific Circumstance Indicator

HEADER.Transport charges/ Method of Payment

HEADER.Commercial Reference Number

HEADER.Security

HEADER.Conveyance reference number

HEADER.Place of unloading, code

HEADER. Place of unloading LNG

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(TRANSIT)CUSTOMS OFFICE.Arrival Time

GOODS ITEM. Transport charges/ Method of Payment

GOODS ITEM.Commercial Reference Number

GOODS ITEM.UN dangerous goods code

Data Groups (CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER and

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER (at Goods Item

level)

ITINERARY

(CARRIER) TRADER

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER and their data

Items

Name of data item TIN changed to EORI-TIN in

anticipation of the introduction of EORI numbers for

traders from 01/07/2009

Addition of segments FII(7), EQD(9), TDT(98) in

CUSDEC messages

Data group PACKAGES changed from Dependent to

Required in messages IE015, IE029 (Sections 3.3, 3.7,

Appendices B9, B13, H17 (PAC(99))

Data group PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE

REFERENCE changed from Optional to Dependent in

message IE051 (Section 3.9, Appendix B17,

H17(DOC(111))

Data item HEADER. Total No. of Packages changed from

Dependent to Optional in messages IE015, IE029, IE043,

IE051 (Section 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, Appendix B9, B13, B14,

B17, H17 (CNT(145))

Data item HEADER.Place of loading code changed from

Optional to Dependent in messages IE015, IE029, IE051

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices B9, B13, B17, H17

(LOC(4))

Data item HEADER.Identity of means of transport

crossing border changed from Optional to Dependent in

messages IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9,

Appendices B9, B13, B17, H17 (TDT(17))

Data item HEADER.Binding itinerary changed from an..140 to

n1 in message IE029 (Sections 3.7, Appendices B13, H17

(FTX(11))

Data item GOODS ITEM.PREVIOUS

ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES.Previous Document

Reference changed from an..20 to an..35 in messages

IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices

B9, B13, B17, H17 (DOC(111))

Data item GOODS ITEM.SPECIAL MENTIONS.Additional

information coded changed from an..3 to an..5 in messages

IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices

B9, B13, B17, H17 (FTX(117))

Addition of codes C011, C186, C187, C188, C191, C567,

C576, C577, C587, C589 in messages IE015, IE029, IE051

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Addition of rules R181, R229, R660, R840, R876 in

messages IE015, IE029, IE051 (Appendix D)

Addition of technical rule TR9120 in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Appendix E)

Additional values in codelist 100 (Appendix F)

Additional codelists 96, 101, 116, 117 (Appendix F)

Change to values in codelist 60

3.1 23/12/2008 Correction to appendices B9, B13 and B17 which incorrectly

showed the Consignor-Security and Consignee-Security at item

level as being in the NAD segments at position 22 with qualifiers of

‘GL’ and ‘UC’ respectively. The appendices now show them in the

NAD segments at position 97 with qualifiers of ’GM’ and ’DP’

respectively.

Fiona Byatt

3.2 23/01/20009 Amendments in line with MCC P4 version 7.1.0 and ECN P4

version 7.1.0

New dependent data item (PRINCIPAL)TRADER.Holder

ID TIR in messages IE009, IE014, IE015, IE028, IE043,

IE045, IE051, IE060 (Sections 3.3, 3.6, 3.9, 3.10, 4.5, 5.3,

6.3, 6.4, B.7, B.8, B.9, B.12, B14, B.16, B.17, B.20, H.7,

H.8)

New optional data item GUARANTOR.EORI-TIN in

message IE045 (Sections 5.3, B.16, H.7)

Condition C186 is removed from data items

HEADER.Conveyance Reference Number, (TRANSIT)

CUSTOMS OFFICE.Arrival Time in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B.17)

Data item HEADER.Conveyance Reference Number

changed from Dependent to Optional in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B.17, H.7)

Data item (DESTINATION)TRADER.EORI-TIN

changed from Dependent to Optional in message IE007

(Sections 4.3, B.5)

Rule R174 removed from data item

(PRINCIPAL)TRADER.EORI-TIN in message IE055

(Sections 3.8, B.18)

Rules R026, R101, R840 removed from all data items to

which they were applicable in messages IE007, IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.3, B.5, B.9, B.13,

B.17, D)

Condition C110 removed from data item

(PRINCIPAL)TRADER.EORI-TIN in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B.17, B.20,

C)

Condition C165 removed from data item

(DESTINATION)TRADER.EORI-TIN in message IE007

(Sections 4.3, B.5, C)

Condition C577 removed from data item (TRANSIT)

CUSTOMS OFFICE.Arrival Time in messages IE015,

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B.17, C)

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Data item GOODS ITEM-PRODUCED

DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.Document Type

changed from Dependent to Required in messages IE015.

IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B17, H.7)


DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.Document Type

changed from Optional to Required in messages IE043,

IE044 (Sections 4.5, 4.6, B.14, B15, H.7)


DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.Document Reference

changed from Optional to Dependent in message IE044

(Sections 4.6, B15)

Data item (PRINCIPAL)TRADER.EORI-TIN changed

from Optional to Dependent in message IE009 (Sections

6.4, B.7)

Data item (DESTINATION)TRADER.EORI-TIN

changed from Optional to Dependent in message IE044


The following data items changed from Required to

Dependent in messages IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections

3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B17, H.7)

(CARRIER)TRADER.Name,

(CARRIER)TRADER.Street and number

(CARRIER)TRADER.Postal code

(CARRIER)TRADER.City

(CARRIER)TRADER.Country code

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Name,

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Street and number

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Postal code

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.City

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Country code

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Name,

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Street and number

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Postal code

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.City

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Country code

GOODS ITEM-(CONSIGNOR-

SECURITY)TRADER.Name,


SECURITY)TRADER.Street and number


SECURITY)TRADER.Postal code


SECURITY)TRADER.City


SECURITY)TRADER.Country code

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The following data items changed from Optional to

Dependent in messages IE015. IE029, IE051 (Sections

3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B17, H.7) (CONSIGNOR-

SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN (CONSIGNEE-

SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN GOODS ITEM-

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN


SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN

Amendment to wording of conditions C045, C901 and

rules R100, R143, R231, R510 (Sections C, D)

New conditions C111, C112, C113, C501, C531, C572,

C596, C598, C599, C904 (Section C)

New rules R012, R825 (Section D)

Country codes LI and SJ removed from code list 71

(Section F)

Data group (PRESENTATION OFFICE)CUSTOMS

OFFICE changed from Dependent to Required in

message IE043 (Sections 4.5, B.14)

Code list 27 removed from CTL_CONTROL.Continue

unloading in message IE043 (Sections 4.5, B.14)

Condition C567 applied to data group GOODS ITEM-

PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES in


B.9, B13, B17)

Condition C599 applied to data item HEADER.Transport

mode at border in messages IE015, IE029, IE051

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B13, B17)

Condition C531 applied to data item

HEADER.Conveyance reference number in messages

IE015, IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B13,

B17)

Rule R825 applied to data item HEADER.Specific

circumstance indicator in messages IE015, IE029, IE051

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B13, B17)

Rule R012 applied to data items GUARANTOR.EORI-

TIN in message IE045 (Sections 5.3, B.16),


IE028, IE043, IE045, IE055, IE060 (Sections 3.6, 3.8,

3.10, 4.5, 5.3, 6.4, B.7, B.12, B.14, B.16, B.18, B.20),

(CONSIGNOR)TRADER.EORI-TIN in message IE043

(Sections 4.5, B.14), (CONSIGNEE)TRADER.EORI-

TIN in message IE043 (Sections 4.5, B.14), GOODS

ITEM-(CONSIGNOR)TRADER.EORI-TIN in message

IE043 (Sections 4.5, B.14), GOODS ITEM-

(CONSIGNEE)TRADER.EORI-TIN in message IE043

(Sections 4.5, B.14), (DESTINATION)TRADER.EORI-

TIN in messages IE025, IE043 (Sections 4.5, 4.8, B.11,

B.14)


(PRINCIPAL)TRADER.Holder ID TIR in messages

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B.12, B14, B.16, B.17, B.20)



IE029, IE051 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, B.9, B.13, B.17)

Condition C501 applied to the following data items in


B.9, B.13, B17) (CARRIER)TRADER.Name,

(CARRIER)TRADER.Street and number

(CARRIER)TRADER.Postal code

(CARRIER)TRADER.City

(CARRIER)TRADER.Country code

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Name,

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Street and number

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Postal code

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.City

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.Country code

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Name,

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Street and number

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Postal code

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.City

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.Country code





















Condition C572 applied to data items (CONSIGNOR-

SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN, GOODS ITEM-

(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN in


B.9, B.13, B17)

Condition C596 applied to data items (CONSIGNEE-

SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN, GOODS ITEM-

(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY)TRADER.EORI-TIN in


B.9, B.13, B17)


(TRANSIT)CUSTOMS OFFICE.Arrival time in


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(Sections 4.3, B.5)




Condition C902 applied to data item GOODS ITEM-

PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.

Document Reference in message IE044 (Sections 4.6,

B15)

Technical rule TR0102 removed from GOODS

ITEM.Commodity code in message IE015 (Sections 3.3,

B.9)

Change to wording of technical rule TR0102 (Section E)

GOODS ITEM.Commodity code changed from an..10 to

an..22 in messages IE015, IE029, IE043, IE044, IE051

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, 4.6, B.9, B.13, B.14, B.15,

B.17, H7)

3.3 Amendments in line with MCC P4 version 7.2 and ECN P4 version

7.2

Inclusion of printing of TSAD (Section 1.4)

Change to wording of condition C567 (Appendix C)

Addition of national condition NC050 to ‘(Principal)

Trader.Name’, ‘(Principal) Trader.Street and Number’,

‘(Principal) Trader.Postal code’, ‘(Principal) Trader.City’,

‘(Principal) Trader.Country code’ (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9,

Appendices B9, B13, B17, C)

Addition of national rule NR001 to ‘(Principal)

Trader.EORI-TIN’, ‘(Principal) Trader.Holder ID TIR’

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendices B9, B13, B17, D)

Validation of ITINERARY Country of routing code changed

from code list 10 to code list 8 (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9,

Appendices B9, B13, B17, H17)

Technical rule TR1200 removed from ‘Goods Item. Item

Number’ as it is covered by the wording of rule R007 (Section

3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, 4.6, Appendix B.9, B.13, B.14, B.15,

B17, E)

HEADER.Transport mode at border changed from

optional to dependent (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, Appendix B9,

B13, B17)

PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES.

Document reference changed from an..20 to an..35

(Sections 4.5, 4.6, Appendix B14, B15)

(PRINCIPAL)TRADER.Holder ID TIR added to IE928

message (Section 3.4, Appendix B23)

Additional values in code list 13 Document Type

(Appendix F)

Removal of ‘G13’ entry in code list 52 Invalid Guarantee

Reason Code (Appendix F)

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3.4 01/04/2011 Amendments in line with MCC P4 version 8 (7.3) and ECN P4

version 8 (7.3).

Technical Rule TR0021 removed from Total gross mass

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, & 4.6, Appendix B.9, B.13,

B.14, B.15, B.17, E).

New Rule R021 to replace TR0020 – MESSAGE –

GOODS ITEM – PACKAGES. Number of packages

(Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.9, 4.5 & 4.6, Appendix B.9, B.13,

B.14, B.15, B.17, D).

Data group (PRESENTATION OFFICE)CUSTOMS

OFFICE changed from Optional to Required in message

IE07 (Section 4.3, Appendix B.5, H.7)

New Rule R911 applied to MESSAGE- HEADER. Type

of Declaration in IE15, IE29 & IE51 (Sections 3.3, 3.7 &

3.9, Appendix B.9, B.13, B.17, D).

New Condition C547 to replace C567 in IE15, IE29, and

IE51 on the following data group/fields: 1) MESSAGE –

PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES 2)

MESSAGE _HEADER.Commercial Reference Number 3)

MESSAGE – GOODS ITEM.Commercial Reference

Number (Sections 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, Appendix B.9, B.13, B.17,

C).

TR0022 applied to MESSAGE – GOODS ITEM –

PACKAGES. ‘Number of Packages’ in IE15, IE29 & IE51

(Sections 3.3. 3.7, 3.9, Appendix B.9, B.13, B.17, E). n.b.

This should have been documented when introduced in

DDNTA v.10.30.

Phil Dangerfield

3.5 01/05/2012 Amendments to add Turkey/Croatia as ‘Common Transit’ countries

w.e.f. 01/07/2012, plus other minor changes.

C001 has been amended to include HR and TR as

contracting parties (Appendix C).

C035 has been amended to include HR and TR (Appendix

C).

R905 has been amended to include HR and TR (Appendix

D).

R908 has been amended to include HR and TR (Appendix

D).

Language-sensitive text fields amended to include UNOK

(Appendix H.2).

Amendments to Code Lists 63, 65 & 71 (Appendix F).

New Code List 137 ‘UNOK Languages’ introduced

(Appendix F).

Other:

Previous Document Type “ZZZ” added to Code List 14

(Appendix F).

Note added to Section 1.5 to state that all numeric values

must be greater than zero unless R021 applies.

Phil Dangerfield

3.6 01/07/2012 Amendments included to align with DDNTA V15.50 (i.e. KELv24

changes), and some typos.

TR0102 removed from Comcode and R060 added to

Comcode in IE044 to align the reporting format for

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external messages (Section 3.7, 3.9, 4.5, 4.6, Appendix

B.13, B.14, B.15, B.17 & E).

Increase in the iteration of the Goods Item data group from

999 to 9999 where TR0011 applies, (Section 4.6,

Appendix A.3, B.15 & H.7).

TR0008 is to be amended (in accordance with TR0011) to

align the treatment of the reporting of discrepancies of

found goods items, where produced documents are present

(Appendix E).

TR0011 has been amended to allow optionally 1 or 2

Goods Items to be reported when there are differences,

(Appendix E).

A new TR9250 introduced to allow for non-ASCII

characters in error message reference data, thus citing the

original values (Section 7.2, 7.3, Appendix B.21, B.22 &

E).


changes), for implementation on 01/07/2013.

TR9250 has been amended to extend the printable

characters that are acceptable and now includes those from

the UNOK (Turkish ISO 8859-9) character set (Appendix

E).

Croatia is to join the EU on the 1st July 2013 and therefore

participate in NCTS as a member state. Conditions, Rules

& Code Lists will need to be changed to reflect this new

status. C001, C035, R905, R908, and Code Lists 63 & 71

are to be amended to remove “HR” (Croatia) as a separate

entity (Appendices C, D & F).

Phil Dangerfield

3.7.1 12/06/2013 The new code 'VS' (Bulk, scrap metal) is to be handled as other

Bulk types in condition C060 – Appendix C updated in the NCTS

TIS Appendices document.

IF "Kind of packages" (Box 31) indicates "BULK" (UNECE rec

21: 'VQ', 'VG', 'VL', 'VY','VR', 'VS' or 'VO')

THEN "Marks & numbers of packages" (Box 31) = "O"

"Number of packages" (box 31) cannot be used

"Number of Pieces" (box 31) cannot be used

ELSE

IF "Kind of packages" (Box 31) indicates "UNPACKED"

(UNECE rec 21 : = 'NE'; 'NF' or 'NG')

THEN "Marks & numbers of packages" (Box 31) = "O"

"Number of packages" cannot be used

"Number of Pieces" (box 31) = "R"

ELSE "Marks & numbers of packages" (Box 31) = "R"

"Number of packages" (box 31) = "R"

"Number of Pieces" (box 31) cannot be used

‘VS’ code added to Kind of Packages code list in Appendix F of

the NCTS TIS Appendices document

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Documentary amendments:-

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Appendix A, CUSDEC (96B) Branching Diagram – DMS [33] segment moved to after the UNS [32] segment (Another amendment – replacing TDT [128] with TDT [98] had previously been amended in this document). – see MCC TIS v3.8 Appendices document Appendix B, section B.2 added ‘s’ to one instance of ‘Result’ (of Control). Appendix H, Section H.3 – drop’s’ from ‘Controls’ - see MCC TIS v3.8 Appendices document

An amendment to add rule R105 to IE015 (total number of packages) has previously been amended in this document



1) Amended condition C501 as follows:-

IF the attribute 'TIN' is present in the data group

THEN this attribute ='O' cannot be used ELSE this attribute = 'R'

See MCC TIS v3.9 Appendices document - Appendix C for this change

2) Amended conditions C001 & C035, rules R905 & R908.

Added technical codelists C138 & C139.

Amended codelist CL70.

Added new Technical Rules TR0601, TR0630 & TR0635 – see

Added TR0601 rule to IE015, IE029, IE43 & IE051 messages

Added TR0630 rule to IE015, IE029 & IE051 messages

Added TR0635 rule to IE015, IE029 & IE051 messages

See MCC TIS v3.9 Appendices document - Appendix B for changes to the messages, Appendix C for changes to Conditions, Appendix D for rule changes, Appedix E for Technical rule changes & Appendix F for Codelist changes

Paul Martin

3.9.1 14/08/14 Updated following review to show Technical rules (at 3.9) above

against the relevant IE messages

Paul Martin

3.9.2 09/06/15 SEALS ID data group changed from 99x to 9999x

EC Reg 756/2012 indicator ‘B’ removed from document

Chris Taylor

3.9.3 11/08/2017 Add new Technical rule TR0016. Apply Rule to IE015, IE029,

IE044.

Removed text in italics from C902 (see MCC TIS Appendices

document).

Removed TR0601 and TR0630 rules

Removed R902 rule

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Amended Conditions C001, C002, C030 and C140 (see MCC TIS

Appendices document)

Amended R010 and R011 rules (see MCC TIS Appendices

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 21

1.1. SCOPE .................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.2. APPROACH ............................................................................................................................................. 22 1.3. LIABILITY AMOUNT FOR FOREIGN GUARANTEES .................................................................................. 22 1.4 TAD (TRANSIT ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT) / TSAD (TRANSIT SECURITY ACCOMPANYING

DOCUMENT) ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 1.5 LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE IE MESSAGES .......................................................................................... 24

2. OVERVIEW OF NCTS TRANSIT FACILITIES ................................................................................... 26

2.1 NCTS EXTERNAL MESSAGES ................................................................................................................ 26

3. TRANSIT DECLARATION ...................................................................................................................... 27

3.1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 27 3.2. MESSAGE SEQUENCE DIAGRAM ............................................................................................................ 29 3.3. IE15 DECLARATION DATA (E_DEC_DAT) .................................................................................... 31 3.4. IE928 POSITIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (E_POS_ACK) .............................................................. 37 3.5. IE16 DECLARATION REJECTED (E_DEC_REJ) ............................................................................. 38 3.6. IE28 MRN ALLOCATED (E_MRN_ALL) ......................................................................................... 39 3.7. IE29 RELEASE FOR TRANSIT (E_REL_TRA) ................................................................................. 40 3.8. IE55 GUARANTEE NOT VALID (E_GUA_INV) .............................................................................. 46 3.9. IE51 NO RELEASE FOR TRANSIT (E_REL_NOT) .......................................................................... 47 3.10. IE60 CONTROL DECISION NOTIFICATION (E_CTR_DEC) ..................................................... 53

4. ARRIVAL NOTIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 54

4.1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 54 4.2. MESSAGE SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS .......................................................................................................... 55 4.3. IE07 ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION (E_ARR_NOT) ............................................................................. 56 4.4. IE08 ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION REJECTION (E_ARR_REJ) ......................................................... 58 4.5. IE43 UNLOADING PERMISSION (E_ULD_PER) ............................................................................ 59 4.6. IE44 UNLOADING REMARKS (E_ULD_REM) ............................................................................... 62 4.7. IE58 UNLOADING REMARKS REJECTION (E_ULD_REJ) ........................................................... 64 4.8. IE25 GOODS RELEASE NOTIFICATION (E_GDS_REL) ................................................................ 65

5. DISCHARGE OF A MOVEMENT .......................................................................................................... 66

5.1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 66 5.2. MESSAGE SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS .......................................................................................................... 66 5.3. IE45 WRITE-OFF NOTIFICATION (E_WRT_NOT) ......................................................................... 67

6. CANCELLATION OF A MOVEMENT .................................................................................................. 68

6.1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 68 6.2. MESSAGE SEQUENCE DIAGRAMS .......................................................................................................... 68 6.3. IE14 DECLARATION CANCELLATION REQUEST (E_DEC_CAN) ............................................. 69 6.4. IE09 CANCELLATION DECISION (E_CAN_DEC).......................................................................... 70

7. EDIFACT/XML SYNTAX VALIDATION .............................................................................................. 71

7.1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 71 7.2. IE907 EDIFACT NACK (C_EDI_NCK) .............................................................................................. 72 7.3. IE917 XML NCK (C_XML_NCK) ...................................................................................................... 73

8. GLOSSARY AND REFERENCES ....................................................................................................... 74

8.1. GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................. 74


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TABLE OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1: PROCESS DEPARTURE MESSAGE SEQUENCE- ACCEPTANCE/CONTROL ................................................. 29 FIGURE 2: PROCESS DEPARTURE MESSAGE SEQUENCE- RELEASE ........................................................................ 30 FIGURE 3: PROCESS ARRIVAL MESSAGE SEQUENCE .............................................................................................. 55 FIGURE 4: PROCESS DISCHARGE MESSAGE SEQUENCE ......................................................................................... 66 FIGURE 5: PROCESS CANCELLATION MESSAGE SEQUENCE ................................................................................... 68


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1. INTRODUCTION

The New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) is a European wide system, based upon electronic

declaration and processing, designed to provide better management and control of Community and

Common Transit. It involves all countries comprising the EU Member States and EFTA countries.

The NCTS, in each country is connected, through a central domain in Brussels, to all of the other

countries, linking the European customs offices and replaces the paper based system.

The main objectives of the NCTS are:

To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of transit procedures;

To improve both the prevention and detection of fraud; and

To accelerate transactions carried out under a transit procedure and to offer security for them.

In order to use the NCTS, traders need the facility to send/receive electronic messages to/from the UK -

NCTS. Connected traders receive electronic responses advising of key decisions during the procedure,

such as acceptance of declaration, release of goods, notification of discharge of liability etc. at both

departure and destination.

Traders cannot interface directly with the NCTS, to input or amend data or to access records and reference

data, but simply exchange defined structured messages with the system.

In certain circumstances, where Simplified NCTS Procedures are used by Authorised

Consignors/Consignees, processing and release will be automatic and allow, depending upon the

conditions of authorisation, for 'out of hours' clearance. This will allow for selective, risk-based controls,

and for the processing of declarations and the release of goods to become largely automatic.

NCTS Phase 3.2 incorporates three pieces of additional functionality:

Guarantee Management assists customs to assess the sufficiency of guarantees and improve the

level of control, ensuring that all transit movements are properly guaranteed

Enquiry Handling provides the facility for NAs to send enquiries about movements between CT

offices electronically. These messages can include non-arrival enquiries and notification of

recovery claims. There are no electronic communications between customs and trade to resolve

Enquiries.

Confirmation of Authorised Consignee allows the CCTO to electronically request confirmation

that a trade entity is an Authorised Consignee in another NA and to receive an appropriate

response.

NCTS Phase 4 incorporates four pieces of additional functionality:

Enhancement of Enquiry Handling which will allow CCTO to pass/accept recovery authorization

to/from another NA.

AEO/EORI (Authorised Economic Operator/Economic Operator Registration and Identification)

From 01/07/2009, where the regulation requires or allows traders to be registered on the EU EORI

database, the traders will declare their unique EORI-TIN number which will be validated against

the EU database of AEO/EORI numbers. Additionally, traders may apply to be authorized as an

AEO. This unique AEO-TIN number will also be validated against the EU database of

AEO/EORI numbers. AEO traders are allowed to submit a declaration with a reduced safety and

security data set.

Safety and Security is an EU Legislative requirement which allows traders to input safety and

security information, as stipulated in Commission Regulations (EC) nos. 648/2005 and

1875/2006. This introduces a number of measures to tighten security for goods entering or leaving

the Community which should produce faster and better targeted controls and assist in the analysis

and electronic exchange of risk information between customs authorities and the Commission

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information is to be provided to the customs authorities on all goods entering or leaving the

customs territory of the Community. From 01/07/2009, safety and security information must be

supplied for every transit movement. This information only needs to be supplied once per

movement, irrespective of how many customs regimes the movement will go through, and it can

be supplied to any one of the regimes through which it will pass.

Safety and Security information can only be contained in a declaration if the Security Flag is set to

‘Yes’ (value 1). The three messages that can contain Safety and Security information are

identified by a message type of GB015B/GB029B/GB051B respectively. Message types of

GB015A/ GB029A/GB051A will not be used after implementation of NCTS Phase 4 (MCC

v7.1.0) as they are only applicable to NCTS Phase 3.2.

Reporting to OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office) which will send details of all movements that

contain sensitive goods.

1.1. Scope

This document gives an overview of the processes involved in the exchange of NCTS messages with

traders and defines the EDIFACT messages associated with NCTS, in particular:

The trader’s declaration for Transit and associated Customs response

Control and release of the movement

The trader’s notification of arrival and associated Customs response

Control and release of the goods

These messages are developed following the Functional Transit System Specification (FTSS) and Design

Documentation for National Transit Application (DDNTA) documents distributed by the EU

Commission, and are in UNTDID 96B format.

1.2. Approach

NCTS is to be developed using the Minimal Common Core (MCC) software package provided by the

EU Commission.

The Movement Reference Number (MRN) and Local Reference Number (LRN) will be the major keys

used to access the system. The Transit Accompanying Document (TAD), required for NCTS, will be

output as an EDI message.

1.3. Liability Amount for Foreign Guarantees

Guarantee Management processing, in NCTS 3.2 and 4, requires that a liability amount is recorded

against each guarantee in a declaration.

The EU Commission has provided a facility for traders to input a maximum of 9 occurrences, per

declaration, of liability amount into the ‘Special Mentions’ field, of the IE15 message.

NCTS 3.2 has been modified to read guarantee liability records in the ‘Special Mentions’ data group

whenever a declaration (IE15) is submitted.

If all the guarantees are valid, and the declaration is a simplified one, then the declaration will be

automatically released.

In the event of a normal procedure declaration, then the customs officer will have to confirm (or

amend) the liability amounts prior to release

This use of ‘Special Mentions’ can be used for both Simplified and Normal procedures and for guarantee

types 0, 1, 2, 4 and 9.

The UK requirement is that traders should not have to enter guarantee liabilities for UK guarantees and

that liabilities are automatically set to a national default value. Therefore, a liability amount will be

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This will be a standard default value for all traders and guarantee types. The default value will be different

for UK and foreign guarantees.

However, traders are given the option to enter the liability amount when using foreign guarantees.

N.B. It may be a condition or requirement of holding a foreign guarantee that the actual liability amount

is entered,

This ‘liability amount’ use of Special Mentions will occur in the first 9 occurrences of the first

occurrence of Goods Item.

The ‘Special Mentions’ fields will be used as follows:

‘Additional Information Coded’ (an..3) will contain the 3 characters “CAL”

‘Additional Information’ (an..70) will contain

‘Calculated Liability’ (n..15,2) – liability amount in pounds sterling

‘Currency Code’ (an..3) – currency of the liability amount i.e. “GBP”

‘GRN’ (an..24) – 17 character GRN

The ‘Calculated Liability’ can contain up to 2 decimal places. If decimal places are used, they should

be separated from the significant figures by a decimal point e.g. 362.48.

The ‘liability amount’ information is entered in the first 9 occurrences, starting at occurrence 1, of the

‘Special Mentions’ fields, in the first occurrence of ‘Goods Item’. Any standard use of the ‘Special

Mentions’ field i.e. not containing ‘liability amount’ information, in the first occurrence of ‘Goods

Item’, should occur after any ‘liability amount’ information e.g. if the ‘liability amount’ information is

in occurrences 1 to 4, standard information would be in occurrences 5 onwards.

The IE29 (Release for Transit) message will contain the actual ‘CAL’ fields, if and only if the original

IE15 that has been electronically received also contains "CAL" details, so as to inform the trader of the

actual guarantee amount in comparison to the original guarantee amount that was declared on the IE15

message.

N.B. The ‘liability amount’ information in the Special Mentions data group (Additional information and

Additional information coded) is not printed on the TAD i.e. if ‘Additional information coded’ = ‘CAL’,

do not print.

1.4 TAD (Transit Accompanying Document) / TSAD (Transit Security Accompanying Document)

A TSAD is printed for declarations containing safety and security data; a TAD is printed for all other

declarations. TADs/TSADs generated from the IE029 Release for Transit (E-REL_TRA)message are

automatically authenticated by NCTS. TADs/TSADs must only be printed using information on the

IE029 message.

This means that the TAD/TSAD does not need to be authenticated by the Office of Departure by stamp.

The CT movement is not legally released from transit until the IE029 has been generated by customs and

a valid TAD/TSAD subsequently printed.

The TAD/TSAD should only be printed using data that has been validated or provided by the

NCTS system. This can be achieved by printing the TAD/TSAD direct from the IE029 message or

by using data from the IE029 to update a previously created and validated transit record, and then

printing the TAD/TSAD.

Authorised Consignors who move goods before issue of the IE029 message are in breach of their

approval conditions. Continued failure to observe the conditions of approval may lead to

revocation of Authorised Consignor’s approval and/or civil penalty action.

Traders using the Normal procedure will have the option either to collect the TAD/TSAD from the Office

of Departure or to print the TAD/TSAD at their own premises. Approval to print the TAD/TSAD is

granted by the CCTO, to whom the trader’s application must be submitted for consideration. The Trader

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Traders authorised to use Simplified NCTS Procedures as Authorised Consignors, will be able to print

the TAD/TSAD at their premises. The TAD/TSAD will be directly authenticated by the system, so

Authorised Consignors will not be required to hold a 'special stamp'.

It is recommended that Authorised Consignors holding special stamps retain them in case of system

failure so they can authorise their own fallback documents. Authorised Consignors additionally require

a Commission approved stamp that informs the Office of Destination that fallback has been used.

For the specifications on the printing of the paper TAD, see Guidelines for printing a TAD are

contained in Part IV, Chapter 2, Annexes 8.1 and 8.2 of the European Commission’s Transit

Manual in the following hyperlink:-

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/customs/procedural_aspects/transit/common_community/transit_manual_consolidation_en.pdf . For the specifications on the printing of the paper TSAD, see Guidelines For Print Out of TSAD,

Printing Guidelines for TSAD and TSAD and LoI. The IE029 will specify the number of copies

required. If a return copy is required, i.e. HEADER.NCTS return copy is set, then two copies of the TAD/TSAD

will be required; if not, only one needs to be printed. The return copy is required when the Office of Destination

(OoDest) is not using the NCTS yet.

The ‘liability amount’ information in the Special Mentions data group (Additional information and

Additional information coded) is not printed on the TAD/TSAD i.e. if ‘Additional information coded’ =

‘CAL’, do not print.

If a declaration contains only one goods item, all the information for the movement is printed on the

TAD. If the declaration contains more than one goods item, all the goods items are printed on the LoI

(List of Items). However, if the declaration contains safety and security data, the goods item information

(even if there is only one goods item) is always printed on the TSAD LoI.

The printer and print driver, used for printing the TAD/TSAD, must be capable of printing a bar code of

standard ISO code 128 set B (but not EAN128).

The font type is BC C128 Narrow (True Type) version 2.0.

1.5 Logical Structure of the IE messages

The messages are organised into data groups that contain data items. The data items are grouped together in

such a way that they build up coherent logical blocks within the scope of each message.

The messages show:

- the characteristics of the data groups belonging to the message: sequence, number of repetitions, a status

value to indicate if the data group is mandatory (R: Required), optional (O: Optional) or conditional (D:

Dependent);

- the characteristics of the data items belonging to a data group : sequence, number of

repetitions, type, length and a value to indicate if a data item is mandatory (R: Required),

optional (O: Optional) or conditional (D: Dependent);

- data group indentation indicates that the data group may contain not only data items but also other

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- applicable rules and Conditions (Appendices C, D, E)

NB all numeric values must be greater than zero unless R021 applies.

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2. OVERVIEW OF NCTS TRANSIT FACILITIES

2.1 NCTS External Messages

The New Computerised Transit System (NCTS) is mainly message based. Its concept is similar to the

Old Transit System (OTS) as regards retaining a copy of the declaration at the Office of Departure and

receiving acknowledgement from an Office of Destination and, if applicable, Office(s) of Transit . The

NCTS receives electronic declarations and processes the CT movement with a series of messages.

A Transit movement is considered an NCTS movement if declared to an NCTS OoDep (all UK OoDeps

are NCTS offices). In cases where a movement is declared to an OTS OoDep, the Transit movement is

considered to be an OTS movement.

NCTS supports the following types of transactions:

Declaration - Transactions to initiate a movement

Control – Transactions to handle control of a movement

Movement Release – Transactions to release a movement for transit

Cancellation - Transactions to cancel a movement before the goods are removed from the OoDep,

or the approved place controlled by that office

Arrival - Transactions to handle arrival of a movement.

Diversion – Transactions to handle diversion of a movement

Unload – Transactions to handle unloading of goods in a movement to an Authorised Consignee

Release – Transactions to terminate a movement

Movement through Office of Transit (in reality, for the majority of Transit operations there is no

Office of Transit (OoTrans) involved; on the other hand, it is possible that there is more than one

OoTrans involved in a Transit operation)

Under simplified procedures, goods are released on a ‘time out’ basis, i.e. Authorised Consignors (A/Cor)

are required to inform their local office of the intended movement, within an agreed period before

removal, and, unless Customs select for control during this period, the goods are released to transit upon

the expiry of this time period.

For non-authorised traders, goods may not be removed from the OoDep, or the ‘approved place

controlled by that office’ until explicit permission has been granted by Customs - so that ‘positive

clearance’ applies in all circumstances.

A more detailed overview can be found in the document ‘Transit Manual supplement'.

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3. TRANSIT DECLARATION

3.1. Introduction

The transit declaration message is designed to provide the trader with the ability to capture the required

transit information, that presently appears on a SAD declaration, into the system. Figures 1 and 2 show

the core flow at the Office of Departure.

The following messages are involved in the declaration, up until the release for transit, including control.

Messages from Trade to NCTS:

IE15. Declaration data E_DEC_DAT (CUSDEC)

Messages from NCTS to Trade:

IE16. Declaration rejected E_DEC_REJ (FUNACK)

IE928 Positive Acknowledgement E_POS_ACK (CUSRES)

IE28. MRN Allocated E_MRN_ALL (CUSRES)

IE29. Release for Transit E_REL_TRA (CUSDEC)

IE55. Guarantee not Valid E_GUA_INV (CUSDEC)

IE51. No release for Transit E_REL_NOT (CUSDEC)

IE60. Control decision notification E_CTR_DEC (CUSRES)

Declaration

The trader sends a declaration message, E_DEC_DAT (IE15), to the Office of Departure. When a

declaration is remotely submitted under normal procedure, NCTS sends an IE928 (E_POS_ACK)

message to the Trader as a positive acknowledgement of receipt of the declaration.

NCTS will allocate a Movement Reference Number (MRN) for identification of the Transit operation.

The MRN is communicated to the Trader with an ‘MRN allocated’ message, E_MRN_ALL (IE28); this

signifies that the declaration has been accepted.

NCTS may reject a declaration and inform the Trader with a ‘Declaration rejected’ message,

E_DEC_REJ (IE16), because the Trader is not authorised or because the declaration information is

incorrect. No MRN will be allocated

Amendment

If necessary, the Trader may request the OoDep to amend a declaration1. Alternatively, the Trader may

cancel the declaration (see section 6), provided the declaration has been accepted (MRN already

allocated) and the goods have not been released for transportation, i.e. IE29 message not sent, and submit

a new declaration.

Control

In the case where the Office of Departure decides to Control the goods, the Trader will be notified with

a ‘Control Decision Notification’ message, E_CTR_DEC (IE60). In this case the goods are not released

until the Office of Departure has completed their Control.

The Office of Departure can decide that a Transit operation may not be released and informs the Trader

using a ‘Not released for Transit’ message’, E_REL_NOT (IE51).

Release

After the verification and control process, the guarantee(s) (of types 0, 1, 2, 4 and 9) is verified. If any

guarantee(s) is rejected, a ‘Guarantee not valid’ message, E_GUA_INV (IE55), is sent to the Trader.

Following receipt of this message, the Trader must request cancellation of the movement using the

1 Although the MCC provides Customs with the ability to amend certain fields of the declaration it is UK policy

not to apply this approach. In such circumstances the trader will need to submit a cancellation request and input

a new declaration with a new LRN. Any request for cancellation should also make reference to the subsequent

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‘Declaration Cancellation Request’ message, E_DEC_CAN (IE14), and submit a new declaration with a

new LRN. Prior to submitting the new declaration it is essential that the error, as recorded on the IE055,

is resolved, to avoid the same problem recurring. If a new declaration has already been submitted and

accepted by the NCTS, the cancellation request must make reference to the new MRN and LRN.

Customs will cancel the original declaration and notify the Trader via a ‘Cancellation Decision’ message,

E_CAN_DEC (IE09). If cancellation is not requested, after 5 days the declaration moves to the 'Not

released for transit' state and a ‘No Release for Transit’ message, E_REL_NOT (IE51). is

generated.

If the guarantee(s) is accepted, the Office of Departure sends out a ‘Release for Transit’ message,

E_REL_TRA (IE29). The Trader may now print, or obtain, the TAD and then transport the goods to

their destination.

The CT movement is not legally released from transit until the IE29 has been generated by customs and

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3.2. Message Sequence Diagram

E_Principal initiates

movement

Office of DeparturePremises of Trader

at Departure

Accept

declaration

R_MRN

communicated to

Principal

Decide to control

Declaration Data

(IE15)

Invalid - Declaration

Rejected (IE16)

Valid - MRN Allocated

(IE28)

Verify goods

and/or supporting

documents

To Control

R_Principal notified of

a control

Control Decision

Notification (IE60)

No

Control

Awaiting for

automatic release

E_Time to

release

Declaration valid &

Simplified Procedure

E_Customs

Officer decide

to control

Handle results of a

control

No Release for Transit

(IE51)


rejection

R_Goods not released

for Transit

R_Check of the

Guarantees has been

asked

R_Check of the

Guarantees has been

asked

Minor revisions &

opposition

Satisfactory or

minor revisions

& no opposition

Declaration valid &

Normal Procedure

Prepare guarantee

registration

Take decision

Possible

release


for TransitNo Release for Transit

(IE51)

Register control

decision

1

Verify goods

and/or supporting

documents at

Trader

1


rreceipt of remotely

submitted normal

declaration

Declaration

Received (IE928)

Figure 1: Process Departure Message Sequence- Acceptance/Control


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Office of Departure

Evaluate

guarantee

registration result


negative guarantee

result

Guarantee Nok

Guarantee awaiting

for amendment

E_Guarantee

amendment

Timer expires

Guarantee Nok

(IE55)


for Transit

Handle

unsatisfactory

guarantee result

(IE51)

Premises of the Trader

at Departure

E_Guarantee check

results are available

Guarantee ok

Issue Transit

Transaction data

R_Movement may go

to destination

R_Goods released for

Transit

(IE29)

R_Enquiry initiation

timer started

Figure 2: Process Departure Message Sequence- Release


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3.3. IE15 DECLARATION DATA (E_DEC_DAT)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R

---(PRINCIPAL) TRADER 1x R

---(CONSIGNOR) TRADER 1x O R010

---(CONSIGNEE) TRADER 1x D C001

R011

---(AUTHORISED CONSIGNEE) TRADER 1x O R015

---(DEPARTURE) CUSTOMS OFFICE 1x R

---(TRANSIT) CUSTOMS OFFICE 9x D C030

---(DESTINATION) CUSTOMS OFFICE 1x R

---CONTROL RESULT 1x O R160

---REPRESENTATIVE 1x O

---SEALS INFO 1x O R165

------SEALS ID 9999x R

---GUARANTEE 9x R

------GUARANTEE REFERENCE 99x D C085

---------VALIDITY LIMITATION EC 1x O

---------VALIDITY LIMITATION NON EC 99x O

---GOODS ITEM 999x R

------PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES 9x D C035

TR0635

------PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES 99x D C547

C903

------SPECIAL MENTIONS 99x O R027

------(CONSIGNOR) TRADER 1x O R010

------(CONSIGNEE) TRADER 1x D C002

R011

------CONTAINERS 99x D C055

------PACKAGES 99x R

------SGI CODES 9x O R155

------(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER 1x D C186

C187

------(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER 1x D

C186

C188

---ITINERARY 99x D C186

C587

---(CARRIER) TRADER 1x D C186

R181

---(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER 1x D C186

C187

---(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER 1x D C186

C188

MESSAGE

Syntax identifier R a4 21

Syntax version number R n1 22

Message sender R an..35

Message recipient R an..35

Date of preparation R n6

Time of preparation R n4

Interchange control reference R an..14

Application reference O an..14

Priority O a1

Acknowledgement request O n1 27

Communications agreement id O an..35


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Test indicator O n1 TR9085

Message identification R an..14

Message type R an..6 60

Common access reference O an..35

---HEADER

Reference number (LRN) R an..22

Type of declaration R an..9 31 R909

R911

Country of destination code D a2 8 C140

Agreed location of goods, code D an..17 C100

R041

Agreed location of goods D an..35 C100

R041

Agreed location of goods LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Authorised location of goods, code D an..17 C100

R041

Place of loading, code D an..17 C191

Country of dispatch/export code D a2 8 C135

Customs sub place D an..17 C100

R041

Inland transport mode O n..2 18

Transport mode at border D n..2 18 C599

Identity of means of transport at departure (exp/trans) D an..27 TR9090

TR0035

Identity of means of transport at departure LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Nationality of means of transport at departure D a2 8 TR9095

TR0035

Identity of means of transport crossing border D an..27 C011

Identity of means of transport crossing border LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Nationality of means of transport crossing border D a2 8 C010

R036

Type of means of transport crossing border O n..2 18

Containerised indicator R n1 27 R230

Dialog language indicator at departure O a2 12 R100

NCTS accompanying document language code R a2 12

Total number of items R n..5

Total number of packages O n..7 R105

Total gross mass R n..11,3

Declaration date R n8

Declaration place R an..35

Declaration place LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Specific Circumstance Indicator D a1 96 C186

R825

Transport charges/ Method of Payment D a1 116 C186

Commercial Reference Number D an..70 C186

C547

R876

Security O n1 117 R229

Conveyance reference number O an..35 C531

Place of unloading, code D an..35 C186

C589

Place of unloading LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---(PRINCIPAL) TRADER

Name D an..35 C050

NC050

Street and number D an..35 C050

NC050


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Postal code D an..9 C050

NC050

City D an..35 C050

NC050

Country code D a2 8 C050

NC050

NAD LNG O a2 12 TR0099

EORI-TIN D an..17 C111

C236

NR001

Holder ID TIR D an..17 C904

NR001

---(CONSIGNOR) TRADER

Name R an..35

Street and number R an..35

Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

---(CONSIGNEE) TRADER

Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

---(AUTHORISED CONSIGNEE) TRADER

EORI-TIN R an..17

---(DEPARTURE) CUSTOMS OFFICE

Reference number R an8 R901

---(TRANSIT) CUSTOMS OFFICE


R907

R908

R910

TR0635

Arrival Time D n12 C598

R660

---(DESTINATION) CUSTOMS OFFICE


R904

R905

TR0635

---CONTROL RESULT

Control result code R an2 47 R903

Date limit R n8

---REPRESENTATIVE

Name R an..35

Representative capacity O an..35

Representative capacity LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

------SEALS ID

Seals identity R an..20

Seals identity LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---GUARANTEE

Guarantee type R an1 51 C900


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------GUARANTEE REFERENCE

Guarantee reference number (GRN) D an..24

C125

TR0301

Other guarantee reference D an..35 C130

R900

Access code D an4 C086

---------VALIDITY LIMITATION EC

Not valid for EC R n1 27 R230

---------VALIDITY LIMITATION NON EC

Not valid for other contracting parties R a2 71 R231

---GOODS ITEM

Item number R n..5 R005

R007

Commodity code D an..22 C015

R060

R470

Type of declaration D an..9 31 C045

Goods description R an..260

Goods description LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Gross mass O n..11,3 R700

Net mass O n..11,3




C576

TR9120


C547

R876

UN dangerous goods code O an4 101 C186

------PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE REFERENCES

Previous document type R an..6 14 R020

TR0100

Previous document reference R an..35

Previous document reference LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Complement of information O an..26

Complement of information LNG O a2 12 TR0099

------PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES

Document type R an..4 13 C901

TR0103

Document reference D an..35 C902,

TR0016

Document reference LNG O a2 12 TR0099



------SPECIAL MENTIONS

Additional information O an..70

Additional information LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Additional information coded O an..5 39 TR0101

Export from EC D n1 27 C075

27 R075

Export from country D a2 63 C075

63 R075

------(CONSIGNOR) TRADER

Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9


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City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

------(CONSIGNEE) TRADER

Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

------CONTAINERS

Container number R an..17

------PACKAGES

Marks & numbers of packages D an..42 C060

Marks & numbers of packages LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Kind of packages R an..3 17

Number of packages D n..5 C060

R021

TR0022

Number of pieces D n..5 C060

------SGI CODES

Sensitive goods code O n..2 64 R156

Sensitive quantity R n..11,3

------(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER

Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501




------(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER

Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501




---ITINERARY

Country of routing code R a2 8

---(CARRIER) TRADER

Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501



EORI-TIN O an..17

---(CONSIGNOR-SECURITY) TRADER

Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501




---(CONSIGNEE-SECURITY) TRADER


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Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





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3.4. IE928 POSITIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (E_POS_ACK)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER



Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160



EORI-TIN O an..17



Reference number R an8


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3.5. IE16 DECLARATION REJECTED (E_DEC_REJ)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR 999x D R123

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Type of declaration R an..9 31

Declaration rejection date R n8

Declaration rejection reason O an..350

Declaration rejection reason LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR

Error type R n2 49

Error pointer R an..210 100

Error reason O an..6

Original attribute value O an..140


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3.6. IE28 MRN ALLOCATED (E_MRN_ALL)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Document/reference number (MRN) R an..21

Acceptance date R n8


Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160



EORI-TIN O an..17 R012





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3.7. IE29 RELEASE FOR TRANSIT (E_REL_TRA)

MESSAGE 1x R R143

---HEADER 1x R




R011





---(RETURN COPIES) CUSTOMS OFFICE 1x O R330

---CONTROL RESULT 1x O R335




---GUARANTEE 9x R






TR0635


C547




R011





C187


C186

C188


C587


R181


C187


C188

MESSAGE









Priority O a1


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---HEADER




R911



R041


R041



R041




R041




TR0035



TR0035




R036



NCTS return copy R n1 27 R330

Acceptance date R n8

Issuing date R n8






Binding itinerary R n1 27 R230

Authorisation id O an..17





R825



C547

R876




C589


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Place of unloading LNG O a2 12 TR0099


Name D an..35 C050

NC050


NC050


NC050

City D an..35 C050

NC050


NC050



C236

NR001


NR001


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


EORI-TIN R an..17





R907

R908

R910

TR0635


R660



R904

R905

TR0635

---(RETURN COPIES) CUSTOMS OFFICE


Customs office name R an..35


Country code R a2 9

Postal code R an..9

City R an..35


---CONTROL RESULT


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Control date R n8


Controlled by R an..35

Controlled by LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Date limit R n8

---REPRESENTATIVE

Name R an..35



---SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

------SEALS ID



---GUARANTEE




C125

TR0301


R900






---GOODS ITEM


R007


R060

R470





Net mass O n..11,3




C576

TR9120


C547

R876



Previous document type R an..6 R020

TR0100






Document type R an..4 13 C901,

TR0103



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TR0016







Additional information coded O an..5 TR0101


R075


R075


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

------CONTAINERS


------PACKAGES





R021

TR0022


------SGI CODES




Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501




---ITINERARY


---(CARRIER) TRADER


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Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501



EORI-TIN O an..17


Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





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3.8. IE55 GUARANTEE NOT VALID (E_GUA_INV)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



---GUARANTEE REFERENCE 99x R

------INVALID GUARANTEE REASON 1x R

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER



Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160






---GUARANTEE REFERENCE

Guarantee reference number (GRN) R an..24

------INVALID GUARANTEE REASON

Invalid guarantee reason code R an..3 52

Invalid guarantee reason O an..350

Invalid guarantee reason LNG O a2 TR0099


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3.9. IE51 NO RELEASE FOR TRANSIT (E_REL_NOT)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R R135

R143




R011





---CONTROL RESULT 1x R

---RESULTS OF CONTROL 9x O R145




---GUARANTEE 9x R






TR0635


C547


------RESULTS OF CONTROL 1x R



R011





C187


C186

C188


C587


R181


C187


C188

MESSAGE









Priority O a1



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---HEADER




R911



R041


R041



R041




R041




TR0035

TR0002



TR0035

TR0002




R036







TR0002





No release motivation O an..350

No release motivation LNG O a2 12 TR0099


R825



C547

R876




C589


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Place of unloading LNG O a2 12 TR0099---

(PRINCIPAL) TRADER

Name D an..35 C050

NC050


NC050


NC050

City D an..35 C050

NC050


NC050



C236

NR001


NR001


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


EORI-TIN R an..17





R907

R908

R910

TR0635


R660



R904

R905

TR0635

---CONTROL RESULT

Control date R n8


Date limit O n8

---RESULTS OF CONTROL

Description O an..140 TR0006

Description LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Control indicator R an2 41 TR0003

---REPRESENTATIVE


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Name R an..35



---SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

------SEALS ID



---GUARANTEE




C125

TR0301


R900






---GOODS ITEM


R007


R060

R470





Net mass O n..11,3




C576

TR9120


C547

R876



Previous document type R an..6 R020

TR0100






Document type R an..4 13 C901

TR0103

Document reference D an..35 C902







Additional information coded O an..5 TR0101


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R075


R075

------RESULTS OF CONTROL




Pointer to the attribute O an..35 TR0010

TR0014


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8


EORI-TIN O an..17

------CONTAINERS

Container number R an..17 C060

------PACKAGES





R021

TR0022


------SGI CODES




Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501




---ITINERARY


---(CARRIER) TRADER

Name D an..35 C501



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City D an..35 C501



EORI-TIN O an..17


Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





Name D an..35 C501



City D an..35 C501





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3.10. IE60 CONTROL DECISION NOTIFICATION (E_CTR_DEC)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Date of control notification R n8


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8



Holder ID TIR D an..17 R904



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4. ARRIVAL NOTIFICATIONS

4.1. Introduction

Figure 3 shows the core flow for the arrival of goods at the Office of Destination.

The following messages are involved in the arrival of a consignment, including diversion and unload, up

until the release of the consignment from transit.


IE07. Arrival notification E_ARR_NOT (CUSDEC)

IE44. Unloading Remarks E_ULD_REM (CUSDEC)


IE08. Arrival notification rejection E_ARR_REJ (FUNACK)

IE25. Goods release notification E_GDS_REL (CUSRES)

IE43. Unloading permission E_ULD_PER (CUSDEC)

IE58. Unloading remarks rejection E_ULD_REJ (FUNACK)

Arrival

After the goods have arrived, the Trader at Destination will notify the Office of Destination by sending

an ’Arrival Notification’ message, E_ARR_NOT (IE07). When the Office of Destination accepts the

arrival, the former notifies the Office of Departure of this. For normal procedures, the goods must be

present either at the Office of Destination or at a designated sub place approved by that office e.g. an

ERTS. For simplified procedures, the Authorised Consignee (A/Cee) may receive the goods direct to

their authorised location without presentation to the OoDest.

If NCTS rejects the arrival, due to invalid information e.g. arrival authorised location of goods specified

for normal procedure, it informs the Trader by sending an ‘Arrival Notification Rejection’ message,

E_ARR_REJ (IE08).

If the Trader at Destination is not connected to the NCTS system, the E_ARR_NOT (IE07) will be input

by the customs office upon presentation of the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD).

Diversion

In the situation where the goods arrived at an Office not declared as the Office of Destination, a request

for diversion will automatically be requested, by the actual OoDest from the OoDep. Diversion is not

permitted for movements for which a binding itinerary has been set.

Unload (Simplified procedure only)

After a control phase, during which a control of the goods may take place, the Office of Destination can

send an Unload Permission message, E_ULD_PER (IE43).The IE43 message contains the declaration

data received by the OoDest from the OoDep and it is this data, not the TAD, that the A/Cee must use

to check the goods and send back an ’Unloading remarks’ message, E_ULD_REM (IE44). If NCTS

rejects the remarks, due to invalid information e.g. total number of items changed but no additional item

level information added, it informs the Trader by sending an Unload Remarks Rejection, E_ULD_REJ

(IE58) message.

Released

After validating the Unload Remarks (for simplified) or after any control (for normal), the Office of

Destination informs the Office of Departure of any discrepancies. After any discrepancies have been

resolved, the Transit will be released and a ‘Goods release notification’ message, E_GDS_REL (IE25)

is sent.


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4.2. Message Sequence Diagrams

Process arrival

notification

Notify

discrepancies

Decide to control

Unloading

permission

Store & analyse

unloading remarks

Release Goods

E_Transit consignment

arrives at destination

Actual Office

of DestinationPremises of the Trader

at Destination

Presentation invalid

(IE08)R_Presentation rejected at

destination

No control & Normal Procedure

(IE25)R_Goods released from

Transit

R_Authorised Consignee

notified of the unloading

permission

(IE43)

(IE07)

(IE44)E_Authorised Consignee sends

unloading information

R_Unloading information

rejected at destination

Unloading information invalid

(IE58)

Office

of Departure

(IE18)

Figure 3: Process Arrival Message Sequence


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4.3. IE07 ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION (E_ARR_NOT)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R

---(DESTINATION) TRADER 1x R

---(PRESENTATION OFFICE) CUSTOMS OFFICE 1x R

---EN ROUTE EVENT 9x O R240

------CTL_CONTROL 1x R

------INCIDENT 1x O

------SEALS INFO 1x O

---------SEALS ID 9999x R

------TRANSHIPMENT 1x O

---------CONTAINERS 99x O

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER



R245

Arrival notification place R an..35

Arrival notification place LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Arrival agreed location code D an..17 C155

R245

Arrival agreed location of goods D an..35 C155

R245

Arrival agreed location of goods LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Arrival authorised location of goods D an..17 C155

R245

Simplified procedure flag R n1 27 R230

Arrival notification date R n8

Dialog language indicator at destination O a2 12

---(DESTINATION) TRADER

Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160




---(PRESENTATION OFFICE) CUSTOMS OFFICE


---EN ROUTE EVENT

Place R an..35

Place LNG O a2 12 TR0099


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Country code R a2 9

------CTL_CONTROL

Already in NCTS R n1 27 R230

------INCIDENT

Incident flag C n1 27 R230

TR9030

Incident information O an..350

Incident information LNG O a2 12

TR0099

Endorsement date O n8

Endorsement authority O an..35

Endorsement authority LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Endorsement place O an..35

Endorsement place LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Endorsement country O a2 9

------SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

---------SEALS ID



------TRANSHIPMENT

New transport means identity O an..27 R190

New transport means identity LNG O a2 12 TR0099

New transport means nationality O a2 8 R190

Endorsement date O n8

Endorsement authority O an..35

Endorsement authority LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Endorsement place O an..35

Endorsement place LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Endorsement country O a2 9

---------CONTAINERS

Container number R an..17 R190


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4.4. IE08 ARRIVAL NOTIFICATION REJECTION (E_ARR_REJ)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R


MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Arrival rejection date R n8

Action to be taken O an..350

Action to be taken LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Arrival rejection reason O an..350

Arrival rejection reason LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR

Error type R n2 49





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4.5. IE43 UNLOADING PERMISSION (E_ULD_PER)

MESSAGE 1x R R195

---HEADER 1x R

---(PRINCIPAL) TRADER 1x D



R011


---(DEPARTURE) CUSTOMS OFFICE 1x D


---CTL_CONTROL 1x O

---SEALS INFO 1x O


---GOODS ITEM 999x D

------PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES 99x O

------SPECIAL MENTIONS 99x O



R011


------PACKAGES 99x D

------SGI CODES 9x O

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Type of declaration D an..9 31






TR0035

Containerised indicator D n1 27 R230

Acceptance date D n8

Number of loading lists O n..5

Total number of items D n..5

Total number of packages D n..7

Total gross mass D n..11,3


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35


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Country code R a2 8





Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8




Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8




Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160








---CTL_CONTROL

Continue unloading R n1 R510

---SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

------SEALS ID



---GOODS ITEM


R007


R060




Gross mass O n..11,3

Net mass O n..11,3




Document type R an..3 13 TR0103

Document reference O an..35





Additional information coded R an..3 TR0101


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27 R075


R075


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8




Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8



------CONTAINERS


------PACKAGES





R021


------SGI CODES

Sensitive goods code O n..2 64



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4.6. IE44 UNLOADING REMARKS (E_ULD_REM)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



---UNLOADING REMARK 1x R

---RESULTS OF CONTROL 9x D C210

---SEALS INFO 1x D C200

------SEALS ID 9999x D R206

---GOODS ITEM 9999x D C210

TR0007

TR0011

------PRODUCED DOCUMENTS/CERTIFICATES 99x O TR0008

------RESULTS OF CONTROL 199x D C210

TR0012

TR0013

TR0014

------CONTAINERS 99x O TR0008

------PACKAGES 99x D TR0008


TR0008

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER






Total number of packages D n..7 TR0002



Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160






---UNLOADING REMARK

State of seals ok O n1 27 R200

27 R340


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Unloading remark O an..350

Unloading remark LNG O a2 12 TR0099

Conform R n1

R205

Unloading completion R n1 27 R186

Unloading date R n8

---RESULTS OF CONTROL




Pointer to the attribute D an..35 TR0005

Corrected value D an..27 R150

TR0005

---SEALS INFO

Seals number R n..4

------SEALS ID



---GOODS ITEM

Item number R n..5 TR0019


R060

Goods description O an..260


Gross mass O n..11,3

Net mass O n..11,3


Document type R an..3 13 TR0103


TR0016




------RESULTS OF CONTROL




Pointer to the attribute O an..35 TR0010

TR0014

TR0018

------CONTAINERS


------PACKAGES





R021


------SGI CODES




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4.7. IE58 UNLOADING REMARKS REJECTION (E_ULD_REJ)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R


MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Unloading remarks rejection date R n8

Unloading remarks rejection reason O an..350

Unloading remarks rejection reason LNG O a2 12 TR0099

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR

Error type R n2 49





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4.8. IE25 GOODS RELEASE NOTIFICATION (E_GDS_REL)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Goods release date R n8


Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160






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5. DISCHARGE OF A MOVEMENT

The following messages are involved in the discharge process.


None


IE45. Write-off Notification E_WRT_NOT

5.1. Introduction

After satisfactory control results have been recorded by the OoDep, or after any outstanding issues have

been resolved with the Principal, NCTS records the write-off and notifies the trader, using a ’Write-off

notification’ message, E_WRT_NOT (IE45), that the movement is discharged.


Premises of the Trader

at DepartureOffice of Departure

R_Principal notified of the dischargeDischarge

movement(IE45)

Figure 4: Process Discharge Message Sequence


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5.3. IE45 WRITE-OFF NOTIFICATION (E_WRT_NOT)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R


---GUARANTOR 1x O


MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Write-off date R n8


Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8




---GUARANTOR

Name R an..35


Postal code R an..9

City R an..35

Country code R a2 8




Reference number R n8

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6. CANCELLATION OF A MOVEMENT

The following messages are involved in the cancellation process.


IE14. Declaration cancellation request E-DEC_CAN


IE09. Cancellation Decision E_CAN_DEC

6.1. Introduction

Figure 5 shows the flow to cancel a transit.

Cancellations can only take place at departure. The Trader at Departure can request a cancellation or the

cancellations can be initiated by the Office of Departure itself. A cancellation is always performed on

an accepted declaration (an MRN is already allocated). Cancellations initiated by a trader, by sending a

‘Declaration cancellation request’ message, E-DEC_CAN (IE14), can only take place before release for

Transit i.e.. Anticipated Arrival (AAR) has not yet been sent to the Office of Destination by the Office

of Departure.

Cancellation can take place, after an AAR has been sent to the Office of Destination and before the goods

have left the Office of Departure, but the trader must contact the Office of Departure by telephone or fax

to request that they do a ‘Cancel on Demand’. After the Office of Departure has cancelled the Transit

operation it notifies the Trader at Departure using a ‘Cancellation decision’ message, E_CAN_DEC

(IE09), with the indicator set as accepted.

In the case where the cancellation is rejected an E_CAN_DEC (IE09) will be sent to the Trader with the

indicator set as rejected.


E_Principal requests a

cancellation

Office of DeparturePremises of Trader

at Departure

R_Cancellation refused by

Customs Authority

R_Cancellation accepted

or required by Customs

Authority

(IE14)

CO060102

Handle

cancellation

requestAccepted or on

Customs initiative

(IE09)

Refused

(IE09)

Figure 5: Process Cancellation Message Sequence


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6.3. IE14 DECLARATION CANCELLATION REQUEST (E_DEC_CAN)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Date of cancellation request R n8

Cancellation reason R an..350

Cancellation reason LNG O a2 12 TR0099


Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160








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6.4. IE09 CANCELLATION DECISION (E_CAN_DEC)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R



MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER


Cancellation decision D n1 27 C170

27 R180

27 R230

Date of cancellation request D n8 C180

Cancellation initiated by customs R n1 27 R175

27 R230

Date of cancellation decision R n8

Cancellation justification D an..350 C175

Cancellation justification LNG O a2 12 TR0099


Name D an..35 C160



City D an..35 C160



EORI-TIN D an..17 R174

R012





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The following message is involved in the EDIFACT/XML syntax validation process.


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IE907. EDIFACT NACK C_EDI_NCK

IE917. XML NCK C_XML_NCK

7.1. Introduction

The C_EDI_NCK (IE907) message will be sent to the Trader if errors are found in the syntax of the

messages sent to NCTS by the Trader. The IE907 (CONTRL) message will indicate the cause and

location of the error.

The C_XML_NCK (IE917) message will be sent to the Trader if errors are found in the syntax of the

messages, sent to NCTS by the Trader, after they have been translated into XML. The IE917 (FUNACK)

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7.2. IE907 EDIFACT NACK (C_EDI_NCK)

MESSAGE 1x R

---INTERCHANGE ERRORS 1x R

---MESSAGE ERRORS 99x D TR0902

------SEGMENT ERRORS 999x D TR0902

---------DATA ELEMENT ERRORS 99x D TR0902

MESSAGE











---INTERCHANGE ERRORS

Interchange control reference R an..14 TR9250

Message sender R an..35 TR9250

Message recipient R an..35 TR9250

Action taken by recipient R an..3 32

Syntax error D n..2 23 TR0901

Interchange service segment D a3 33 TR0903

Position of erroneous data element O n..3

Position of erroneous data component O n..3

---MESSAGE ERRORS

Message identification R an..14 TR9250


Message version R an..3 35

Message release number R an..3 36

Controlling agency R an..2 37

Association assigned code R an..6 TR9250

Action taken by recipient R an..3 32

Error D n..2 23 TR0901

Message service segment D a3 34 TR0903

Position of erroneous data element O n..3


------SEGMENT ERRORS

Segment position in message R n..6

Error D n..2 23 TR0901

---------DATA ELEMENT ERRORS

Error R n..2 23 TR0901

Position of erroneous data element R n..3



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7.3. IE917 XML NCK (C_XML_NCK)

MESSAGE 1x R

---HEADER 1x R

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR 1x R

MESSAGE









Priority O a1







---HEADER

Original Message identification (ICR) R an..14

Document/reference number (MRN) D an..21 TR9250

Reference number (LRN) D an..22

---FUNCTIONAL ERROR

Error type R n2 49



Original attribute value O an..140 TR9250

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8. GLOSSARY AND REFERENCES

8.1. Glossary

Acronym Description

AAR Anticipated Arrival Record (IE001)

Acceptance The legal act by a Customs Administration of accepting a valid declaration.

A/Cee Authorised Consignee – legal entity authorised by Customs to receive CT goods

direct to their premises without formal presentation to Customs OoDest. Conditions

apply.

A/Cor Authorised Consignor - legal entity authorised by Customs to initiate CT movements

from their premises without formal presentation to Customs OoDest. Conditions

apply.

AEO Authorised Economic Operator

Agreed

Location

Location of goods at the time of declaration (when goods are not present at the CT

Office / Sub Place) for use by the trader as agreed by Customs.

Agreed

Location Code

Codes defining ‘Agreed Locations’ for use by the trader as agreed by Customs.

Authorised

Location

Is the AC’s approved premises.

BGM Beginning of Message. This is the name of a segment of an EDIFACT-message.

Common

Domain

The domain covered by the contracting parties

CSI Common Systems Interface

CSP Community Systems Provider

CS/RD Central Services Reference Data – central repository of data maintained by EU

Commission

CT Community/Common Transit is a customs procedure that allows customs and excise

duties and VAT on imported goods to be suspended until the goods either reach their

destination in the Community or are exported out of it.

CT30 All 30 countries (27 in the EU and 5 in EFTA) that are contracting parties (countries)

to the Common Transit convention

CUSDEC CUStoms DEClaration EDIFACT message (UNSM)

CUSRES CUStoms RESponse EDIFACT message (UNSM)

Customs Sub

Place

A designated sub place approved and controlled by the Customs Office of

Departure/Destination.

DDNTA Design Document for National Transit Applications

DTI Direct Trader Input

EC European Community

EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport

EFTA European Free Trade Association comprising Iceland, Norway, Switzerland

Liechtenstein and Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

EORI Economic Operator Registration and Identification

ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed.

External

Domain

The domain of the Traders, in a country

FMS Functional Message Structure

FTSS Functional Transit System Specification

FTX Free TeXt. This is the name of a segment of an EDIFACT-message.

FUNACK CUSRES FUNctional Errors EDIFACT message

GMS Guarantee Management System

GRN Guarantee Reference Number

HS6 Harmonized System 6

IE Information Exchange

ISO International Standards Organisation

KEL Known Error List

LNG Language

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Acronym Description

MCC Minimal Common Core

MRN Movement Reference Number

NA National Administration – the Customs Administration of one of the countries

participating in the Transit Computerisation Project.

NCF Notification of Crossing Frontier

NCTS New Computerised Transit System

NISO National Information Standards Organisation

OoDep (Customs) Office of Departure from a member state participating in the Transit

programme. An approved Customs office where a CT movement begins.

OoDest (Customs) Office of Destination from a member state participating in the Transit

programme. An approved Customs office where the goods and CT document must

be produced to complete a CT movement.

OoTra (Customs) Office of Transit from a member state participating in the Transit

programme. An approved customs office situated:

at the point of exit from the EU when a consignment is leaving that territory in

the course of a CT operation via a frontier between a Member State and a third

country; and

at the point of entry into the Customs territory of the EU when goods have

crossed the territory of a third country in the course of a CT operation. OTS Old Transit System (the present paper based system)

Principal Legal entity that requests that a transit operation be started and that is responsible to

the customs authorities for the proper completion of the operation.

SAD Single Administrative Document

TAD Transit Accompanying Document

TIN Trader Identification Number

TIR Transport Internationaux Routiers

TIS Technical Interface Specification

UN United Nations

UNSM United Nations Standard Message e.g. CUSDEC

UNB, UNH,

UNT, UNZ,

UCD, UCI,

UCM, UCS

These are not abbreviations but names of (service) segments of an EDIFACT-

message.

UNTDID United Nations Trade Data Interchange Directory


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