Post EU exit corner – 20 January 2025

In this week’s post EU exit corner, we bring you the latest guidance updates and publications relevant in the post EU exit environment. The most recent Trader Support Service bulletin is also available as is the latest Brexit and Beyond newsletter from the Northern Ireland Assembly EU Affairs team. HMRC has also asked us to highlight a current issue with the Customs Declarations Service (CDS) and its inability to accept certain characters. 

CDS issue 

The CDS is currently unable to accept special and diacritic characters. HMRC has asked us to share their guidance giving examples of these. This also explains what to do in certain circumstances such as where the user has an approved licence with such characters. HMRC is aiming to fix this issue in Spring 2025. 

Miscellaneous guidance updates and publications 

• Simplified Process for Internal Market Movements (SPIMM) and UK Carrier (UKC) Scheme: Procedure Code to Additional Procedure Code correlation matrix, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: terms and conditions, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: Customs Simplified Procedures Guidance, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: Navigate the Customs Declaration Service Declaration Instructions, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: Declaration Category Data Sets, 

• SPIMM and  UKC Scheme: Procedure Codes, 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: Additional Procedure Codes, and 

• SPIMM and UKC Scheme: Customs Declaration Service Data Element Completion Guide.