Entry into Declarant’s Records (EIDR)

An EIDR allows economic operators to release goods to a customs procedure using a simplified data set via an entry in their electronic commercial records. To qualify for this procedure an operator needs to be CFSP authorised. Users of the TSS are able to utilise the simplified journey as they are under the TSS’s CFSP […]

An embargo is a government order that restricts commerce or exchange with a specified country or the exchange of specific goods. An embargo is usually created as a result of unfavourable political or economic circumstances between nations.

The common currency used in 19 of the 27 member states of the European union: currently Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain. In addition, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and Vatican City, which are not EU member states, also have formal agreements with

The EU is a unified trade and monetary body of 27 member states. It eliminates all border controls between members and allows the free flow of goods and people.

One of the 11 current Incoterms® 2020 (see below). Under Ex Works terms, a seller is only responsible for supplying goods at the nominated place (usually their premises) and plays no further part in the transportation process. For further information, please refer to the Incoterms® Guide.

Excise Duty is a charge for certain types of goods that include alcohol, tobacco and some energy products. This charge is additional to any Customs Duty which may be due. For further information, please refer to the Controlled Goods Guide.

An EU—wide digital mechanism for controlling the movement of duty suspended excise goods within the EU. It is applied through separate IT systems built and managed by each EU Member State.

This is referred to as the combined fiscal and safety and security declaration. It is also known as a pre—departure message. The EXS provides security information to the customs authority in the EU country of exit if the movement involves goods passing through more than one member state and can also provide advance details to

An export is when a good produced in one country is shipped to someone in another country for sale, under a contract of sale or a carriage’s agreement. The seller of such goods and services is an exporter; the foreign buyer is an importer. For further information, please refer to the Movement of goods from

The Export Control System (ECS) is the EU system for the control of indirect exports.