We are reaching you out to share important information on changes in the EU entry procedure of goods as of 1 April 2025 (Import Control System 2, ICS2) from DG TAXUD.
Please feel free to convey this information to your respective economic operators and trade stakeholders to contribute to avoiding unnecessary disruptions at EU customs.
From 1 April 2025, the European Union’s customs pre-arrival safety and security system – Import Control System 2 (ICS2) – will require rail and road carriers to provide data on goods sent to or through the EU prior to their arrival, through a complete Entry Summary Declaration (ENS).
Economic operators who are not ready by this date must contact the National Service Desk of the EU Member State where they have registered and obtained their EORI number, to request a deployment window by 1 March 2025 at the latest. Deployment windows are granted only upon request.
An information package with materials in several languages (including Kazakh and Russian for some) is available to share with the relevant networks via the “Resources” section here.
Furthermore, the European Commission hosts monthly webinars (in English) where economic operators can ask questions about the operational and technical aspects of ICS2. The next webinar is planned for 5 February, with details available here. Additionally, the Commission can organise country or region-specific ICS2 webinars upon request.
Please note that ICS2 requirements also concern postal and express carriers as well as other stakeholders such as logistic providers. In certain circumstances, final consignees established in the EU will also have to submit ENS data to ICS2. Similar safety and security data requirements are already in force for the air, maritime, and inland waterway transport of goods.
To comply with the ICS2 requirements, all affected companies must make sure they collect accurate and complete data from their clients and establish appropriate contractual arrangements. They must undertake the necessary IT development activities as early as possible and ensure that they have successfully completed the mandatory self-conformance testing of their systems to start filing into ICS2.
Colleagues in DG TAXUD remain at your disposal for any questions or additional information at TAXUD-ICS2-PROJECT-TEAM@ec.europa.eu