I saw this article today in Supply and Demand Chain and I thought that it summarized very nicely and neatly the timing requirements and the data elements required for the European Security notification. The other thing that it did was talk to the selectivity criteria which I’ve repeated here:
EU Risk Analysis
EU customs authorities will perform a risk analysis based on the pre-departure information submitted through ENS. After assessing the data, EU authorities will then either approve or intercede in a shipment’s movement. A shipment may be determined to be one of the following:
- Risk Type A = do not load (only deep sea container traffic)
- Risk Type B = examination of the shipment at the first port of entry
- Risk Type C = examination of the shipment at the port of discharge
Definitely a good thing to watch to see if they flag more shipments in this early stage than the US did. I have also read in a variety of places that a few countries will be giving a “grace period” for importers before blocking freight (varies by country so check with your forwarder).
Interesting article, nice find