Appendix 21: Introduction to Declaration Category Data Sets
Updated 9 January 2024
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This Appendix provides a detailed breakdown of the specific data elements needed for each declaration category.
The Appendix is broken into eight parts:
- Appendix 21A: Declaration Category Data Sets H1
- Appendix 21B: Declaration Category Data Sets H2
- Appendix 21C: Declaration Category Data Sets H3
- Appendix 21D: Declaration Category Data Sets H4
- Appendix 21E: Declaration Category Data Sets H5
- Appendix 21F: Declaration Category Data Sets I1 C&F
- Appendix 21G: Declaration Category Data Sets I1 B&E
- Appendix 21H: Declaration Category Data Sets H7
General Notes:
Appendix 21: Declaration Category Data Sets contains a separate table for each declaration category type, for example H1 data set. These tables also provide a cross reference from the new element data number to the previous SADH box reference number for correlation purposes.
The data set tables also state whether the data element is mandatory in all cases, optional for the declarant or dependant on the circumstances being declared.
Each Data Set table identifies the requirements for completion of the appropriate data elements on a customs declaration dependent on the individual declaration category.
Where data elements are populated with ‘Not Required’ in the tables, this indicates that the data element is not required for the specific declaration category.
A consolidated set of Notes are provided to assist in reading the data set tables.
Description of the Declaration Categories covered by Appendix 21: Imports
| Appendix 21A: H1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H1 | Declaration for release for Free Circulation; Special procedure; Specific use; and End-use | Declaration for release for free circulation: Articles 5(12), 162 and 201 of the Code Declaration for end-use: Articles 5(12), 162, 210 and 254 of the Code |
| Appendix 21B: H2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H2 | Special procedure - storage - declaration for customs warehousing | Articles 5(12), 162, 210 and 240 of the Code |
| Appendix 21C: H3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H3 | Special procedure - specific use - declaration for temporary admission | Articles 5(12), 162, 210 and 250 of the Code |
| Appendix 21D: H4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H4 | Special procedure - processing - declaration for inward processing | Articles 5(12), 162, 210 and 256 of the Code |
| Appendix 21E: H5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H5 | Declaration for the introduction of goods in the context of trade with Special Fiscal Territories and Territories with which the EU has formed a Customs Union | Article 1(3) of the Code |
| Appendix 21F: I1 C&F | ||
|---|---|---|
| I1 C&F | Import simplified declaration C&F (with Regular Use) | Articles 5(12) and 166 of the Code |
| Appendix 21G: I1 B&E | ||
|---|---|---|
| I1 B&E | Import simplified declaration B&E (on an occasional basis) | Articles 5(12) and 166 of the Code |
| Appendix 21H: H7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| H7 | Customs declaration for release for free circulation in respect of a consignment which benefits from a relief from import duty in accordance with Article 23(1) or Article 25(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 | Articles 5(12), 162 and 201 of the Code |