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Frequently asked questions

All your questions answered by our speakers and C4T experts!

What is the main concern you're hearing from your customer base with regards to the transition to DMS?

The topic keeps on coming back from every side, and it is still not 100% clear to me how a customs declaration is going to look in the future with the distinction into data groups and elements instead of SAD boxes. Also, the timelines have been confusing and up for change over the course of the last couple of months.

What are the most important differences between AGS and DMS?

- New and changed data requirements

- Traders must make a choice between the procedures they follow and how to file their declarations

- The mindset has to change when we look into globalisation, where we had the monthly globalisation period, this has now changed to a day.

What will be the day to day impact on a declarant?

There will be a lot more data to provide to customs authorities that declarants are not used to providing today. This will require internal readjustment of the ERP systems that they are having in order to ensure that the data is provided, but also properly split up.

Has C4T's expertise in European countries made it easier to transition to DMS, aligning to the UCC standards?

Our solution, including data model, has been built on the UCC standards from the start, and those standards are the ones that we use for other country connections. That's why we were able to adjust to the DMS (data) requirements in a very agile way.

Is it likely that the implementation date of July 2023 will be postponed again, given the unclarities mentioned?

There is indeed a history with the deadlines being pushed back regularly. Until communicated differently, the deadline is still the same, so everyone should be 100% prepared and not hoping/relying on a delay again.

Would DMS be the equivalent of CDS in the UK, and would it be the same data elements?

There are a lot of similarities between both transition from AGS to DMS and CHIEF to CDS. The data model and thus data elements are both based on the UCC, so are extremely similar apart from some small local differences.

Which (new) data elements will be required in DMS customs declarations?

Dutch customs published a table including all elements needed for each separate type of declaration. In here you will see that in some declarations instead of having around 20 to 30 boxes to be filled out, now it could be that around 90-100 data elements have to be filled out. Bear in mind that this is not all new data, it is just that certain boxes have been split up and just a couple of new elements have been added. 

A customer is looking to set up a NL freight forwarding business encompassing customs clearance etc.  What are the necessary steps you would advise? Customer will need software, VAT registration etc.

We have created a checklist to prepare for DMS that you can download on this page, so we would advise checking that one as a reference to get prepared.  DMS Checklist

I have been able to view DMS in our own declarations software recently and have received the new explanations of the Single Administrative Document from customs. Do declarants need additional training? The explanations of the SAD looks complex.

There is indeed a new SAD explanatory document, in which it's being explained how the completion of the Single Administrative Document is changing. We would recommend following an additional training from the overarching organisations or investigate which external organisation is giving these kinds of trainings. It's important to know that the 'translation' from the SAD boxes to data elements needs to be made. As soon as this is clear, it becomes a lot easier to file a declaration.