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Guidance

CFSP message specifications: Electronic Data Capture Services

A scope of the services provided by the Electronic Data Capture Services (EDIFACT) of HMRC, and the messaging standards employed.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
20 February 2007

This publication was withdrawn on

HMRC has phased out the Electronic Data Capture Service (EDCS), an HMRC electronic submission route that enabled traders with specialist software to send customs transit declarations and messages directly to the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS).

This has been replaced by the Customs Declaration Service.

Documents

ATS EDIFACT technical interface specification

PDF, 205 KB, 37 pages

Appendix A

PDF, 165 KB, 27 pages

Appendix F

PDF, 265 KB, 35 pages

Appendix G

PDF, 117 KB, 21 pages

CONTRL syntax and service report (CONTRL) message

PDF, 108 KB, 17 pages

INTRES EDCS Interchange Response Service Segments

PDF, 44.7 KB, 8 pages

UNBUNZ Segment Specification

PDF, 64.9 KB, 10 pages

Details

This document covers all the procedures that utilise the EDIFACT syntax and are received from and sent to the trade from the Electronic Data Capture Service of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). In essence this covers Single European Market and Simplified Procedures electronic data capture issues. It represents the latest knowledge that we have regarding data requirements and should allow you to design a system that will be able to transmit to and receive data from the Electronic Data Capture Service EDIFACT system.

Updates to this page

Published 20 February 2007

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