ENS Adviser

If you are moving goods into the EU, you need to submit an ICS2 Entry Summary Declaration before the goods arrive. This guide walks through the process step by step using ENS Ready, a self-serve platform for submitting GB ENS and EU ICS2 declarations. What Is an ICS2 Entry Summary Declaration? ICS2 (Import Control System 2) is the EU's pre-arrival safety and security programme. An Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) submitted under ICS2 gives EU customs authorities advance information about a...

If you are moving goods into Great Britain by ferry or short sea route, you need to submit a Safety and Security GB Entry Summary Declaration (S&S GB ENS) before the goods arrive. This guide walks through the process step by step using ENS Ready, a self-serve platform for submitting GB ENS and EU ICS2 declarations. What Is a GB ENS Declaration? A GB ENS (Entry Summary Declaration) is a pre-arrival safety and security declaration required for goods entering Great Britain. It gives UK customs...

The goods description on your ICS2 ENS declaration is one of the most common reasons shipments get rejected at the EU border. A description that worked fine under the old ICS1 system will now trigger an automatic rejection from ICS2's validation engine — sometimes without a human ever seeing it. Why Goods Descriptions Matter So Much Now Under ICS1, customs officers reviewed declarations and used judgement when descriptions were vague. Under ICS2, declarations are screened first by an...