The ELO is a barcode needed to input into the ferry or train pass to cross - first you need customs MRN - then ICS2 (security dec ) both inputted into the ELO as one final barcode . The joys

France-UK ELO rule starts on 20 April France-UK ELO rule starts on 20 April

More Brexit benefits coming on the 20th April .. the ELO..you need a EU vat no - and ideally an account with the French douane . Along with ESS for uk passports . And customs. And ICS2 .

Just to cross ..

Thanks and you !

You need it even if you’re empty !!!

So

To leave the U.K. you need

ICS2
ELO
MRN ( T1 / carnet etc )

Then this Barcode on the ELO is put onto a port pass that allows you to board the train or boat

Great eh

The paperwork is getting crazy now

By entering commodity codes - and a description of every good - they know what’s coming in

Don’t forget - post brexit trade deals can involve importing things into the U.K. that are banned in the EU - rejoining the customs union would theoretically eliminate the new paperwork .

ICS 2 is a French safety and security Dec - you must list everything being carried - along with commodity codes - this is then entered onto an ELO ( French import system ) **alongside **your customs declaration ! - the driver needs to do this . And it’s all in French . A ballache

Remember all those years ago I said the EU would want to know what we are sending into the bloc once all those “ trade deals “ were signed ?

Well …

The new customs rules for **anything** travelling in a van or truck now needs declaring - it’s called ICS2 - and is aimed at the U.K. ..

Ive been at the computer all evening as was a last min job .. so thats my NYE out the window ..

Happy new year - I’m out tomorrow morning to France

And there’s a load of new customs procedures to follow from midnight ..it’s getting harder that’s for sure

Coming tomorrow …

The latest Brexit benefit - EES ..

Everytime you leave you’ll need to register and provide proof of where your going and your crossings

Great eh

Wait for Xmas and summer ..

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

EES could push British hauliers to breaking point EES could push British hauliers to breaking point

A big Brexit benefit coming in 5 days time …..

EES start date confirmed for Dover to Calais ferries Non-EU nationality travellers will be directed towards a new area to use pre-registration kiosks

More Brexit benefits coming in a matter of weeks

I said this years ago - I said it’ll be the end of the free movement of goods and people . You would need to prebook a departure . Forget urgent last minute consignments . Thing of the past .

It is getting harder to leave this wonderful island full of flags

And of course - no barcode - no travel

So I’m sat at home unable to leave or book a train as I don’t have to barcode .

Brexit Britain

It’s like a bloody prison

New ICS2 rules

From yesterday ALL vans trucks and trailers need to complete it to leave the U.K. . Without it you can’t leave .

Submitting it is one thing

Waiting for a barcode back from the French ?

Not only do you have to list the time of departure - which is no good if you can’t leave

Not if your sent in for an inspection . I get one in every four on average

No it’s not . Anyone can get an inspection . Read the orange boxes - awaiting inspection .

Brexshit bingo

Well apart from having to either establish your company in Europe or register with them for an EoRI - there’s also a much more complex paperwork issue to contend with

And this is from the French customs

Brexit benefits . It’s certainly getting harder

Import Control System 2 Advance cargo information system designed to improve security in the international transportation of goods and supply chain operations.

I can’t understand why this hasn’t had any traction in the media - it’s a BIG thing . Anyone and everyone travelling by road needs this in 4 weeks on paid work .

Any they’ll also need an EU EORI ..

And guess what

Hardly anyone here is prepared

Read it . It’s a headfuck

Brexit eh ..

Not just this - but house moves or anything that doesn’t move on a T1 etc
It’s out of uk scope as an EU thing .

Ends on 01/09 …. Unless something replaces it - can’t do Dec by conduct unless your own goods

In a nutshell :
The goods are owned by the same company - its empty packaging . It’s simply returned back to France - then back to the U.K. . In order to carry on doing this post sept 1st - they’ll have to keep “buying “ it back or “selling “ it to themselves just to cross the border …

This is how crazy Brexit is

For 6 years I’ve transported goods from the Uk -EU for the same customer in both countries.they own the goods . They have no commercial resale value . From 01/09 they are going to have to “sell” the goods back to themselves every week for customs . And pay for it ..

Import Control System 2 Advance cargo information system designed to improve security in the international transportation of goods and supply chain operations.

Absolutley anything and everything travelling by road will need this come September.

One agent in the uk I spoke to said no one’s ready - and still training for it - he simply called it a nightmare

In short -if you can’t do this in a month then your goods will Not leave the uk .
Brexit benefits

Incase you thought the Windsor framework reduced the customs formalities for NI … erm no it didn’t . It’s about to get more challenging for some come September …..

As for outbound freight - well that’s about to change for the worse including anyone moving house …

01/09/2025

All outbound freight not only needs customs / carnets etc

The company transporting the goods now needs to do an ICS2 declaration - then an ENS coming in

The ICS is a ballache - currently by looks of it accessible by French agents .

Good luck sending goods out from 01/09