Oct 10th, 2024
2 mins
The Government have announced this week that Safety and Security declarations for EU imports will now be introduced on 31 January 2025, rather than 31st October 2024.
HMRC stated that “The announcement of the General Election in May meant that our planned Safety and Security engagement to prepare stakeholders for implementation on this date was not able to start, due to the restrictions on communication activity during the pre-election period”.
“We recognise that some businesses will be ready to start submitting declarations for EU imports earlier than this – for example because they already submit declarations for rest of the world (RoW) imports. Those who are ready to start submitting their declarations ahead of this date are encouraged to do so”.
You can read the announcement in full here.
The relevant page on gov.uk has also been updated to reflect: Safety and security requirements on imports and exports – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
