With the effect from 31 January 2025, all export cargo that is moved from the European Union (EU) to the United Kingdom (UK) a Safety and Security Declaration (S&S Declaration) is required, also known as an Entry Summary Declaration or ENS, prior to arrival at the British port.
S&S Declarations must be submitted no later than two hours before arrival at the British port. In the case of shortsea traffic, the British government holds the shipping line/ship agent responsible for a timely and correct declaration; for RoRo traffic, this is respectively the ferry operator (for unaccompanied transport) or the inland operator (for accompanied transport). DFDS, P&O Ferries and Stena Line offer the option to take over this task from the inland operator. CLdN however requires the inland operator to run the S&S through them.
The British government also issues flyers on S&S Declarations for goods entering the UK from the EU via respectively the Eurotunnel, by rail and by air.
Click here for more information on how to submit and S&S declaration. More detailed information on the introduction of S&S Declarations is available on this website.