General Details

Procedure type [Mandatory]

Select the Declaration type from the drop down list. Depending on the procedure code that is being declared in Box 37.

Procedure Type	Description
CO	Union goods subject to specific measures during the transitional period following the accession of new Member States • Placing of Union goods under the customs warehousing procedure referred to in column B3 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 in order to obtain payment of special export refunds prior to exportation or manufacturing under customs supervision and under customs control prior to exportation and payment of export refunds. • Union goods in the context of trade between parts of the customs territory of the Union to which the provisions of Council Directive 2006/112/EC ( 1 ) or Council Directive 2008/118/EC ( 2 ) are applicable and parts of that territory to which those provisions do not apply, or in the context of trade between parts of that territory where those provisions do not apply as referred to in columns B4 and H5 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446. ( 1 ) Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1). ( 2 ) Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC (OJ L 9, 14.1.2009, p. 12).
EX	For trade with countries and territories situated outside of the customs territory of the Union. For placing goods under a customs procedure referred to in columns B1, B2 and C1 and for re-export referred to in column B1 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.
IM	For trade with countries and territories situated outside of the customs territory of the Union. For placing goods under a customs procedure referred to in columns H1 to H4, H6 and I1 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446. For placing non-Union goods under a customs procedure in the context of trade between Member States

Type of declaration [Box 1.1] [Mandatory]

Select the Type of declaration from the drop down list.

Type of Declaration	Description
H	Release for free circulation.
I	Placing under a customs procedure with economic impact other than the outward processing and customs warehousing procedures (inward processing (suspension system), temporary importation, processing under customs control)
J	Placing in type A, B, C, E and F customs warehouses.
X	Direct EU Imports
Y	Placing EU Goods in a Tax Warehouse

Procedure type H, I and J are used for non-EU goods, while X and Y are used for intra-community goods that are liable to Excise Duty.

Reference number/UCR [Box 7] [Optional]

Enter the Reference number/UCR. The unique commercial reference number assigned by the person concerned to the consignment in question. It may take the form of WCO (ISO 15459) codes or equivalent.

When Excise Goods are involved in EMCS (Excise Movement Control System), enter the ARC number in this box.

Country of dispatch [Box 15] [Mandatory]

Select the Country of dispatch from the drop down list. The country from which the goods have been dispatched. The drop down list will contain the country codes according to the Type of declaration previously selected in Box 1.1.

When consignment is manifested then this field is pre-populated.

Country of destination [Box 17] [Default]

This field is set by default to MT-Malta. The Member State to which it is known at the time of release into the customs procedure that the goods are to be delivered.

Actual date of arrival [Mandatory]

Select the Actual date of arrival.

When consignment is manifested then this field is pre-populated and cannot be altered through the NIS (National Import System).

Delivery terms [Box 20] [Mandatory]

Select the Delivery terms from the drop down list.

When Procedure Type J, X or Y is selected, Delivery Terms are not required.

Nature of transaction code [Box 24] [Automatic]

This field is required for Community statistics. It is automatically generated according to the procedure code selected in Box 37.

•    Union goods subject to specific measures during the transitional period following the accession of new Member States
•    Placing of Union goods under the customs warehousing procedure referred to in column B3 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 in order to obtain payment of special export refunds prior to exportation or manufacturing under customs supervision and under customs control prior to exportation and payment of export refunds.
•    Union goods in the context of trade between parts of the customs territory of the Union to which the provisions of Council Directive 2006/112/EC ( 1 ) or Council Directive 2008/118/EC ( 2 ) are applicable and parts of that territory to which those provisions do not apply, or in the context of trade between parts of that territory where those provisions do not apply as referred to in columns B4 and H5 of the data requirements table in Title I of Annex B to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446.