Press Release: Customs: New security rules enter fully into force on 1 January 2011

From 1 January 2011, traders will have to make an electronic declaration to Customs with security data on goods before they leave or enter the European Union. The aim of this measure is to increase security in international trade, by enabling customs to carry out better risk analyses on the basis of the information received in advance, and therefore to better target controls. Traders have benefited from a transitional period to adapt their electronic systems to these new rules since July 2009.