News / EU states eye UK's troubled transition as Dutch migrate to Union Customs Code

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EU governments are expected to be watching the UK’s struggle to transition to a new customs system, as the Netherlands becomes the first member state to migrate to Union Customs Code rules.

Changes to Dutch declaration procedures took effect on Tuesday, with the country introducing real-time declaration through its Douane-aangiften Management System (DMS), in line with new UCC legislation.

President of customs solution provider C4T Pieter Haesaert told The Loadstar: “Customs authorities in Europe should be looking at the positives and negatives ...