Guidance

Consolidated European Reporting System Advice Notes (CERSANS)

Collection of CERS Advice Notes published by the MCA.

Documents

CERS advice note 6 - 2020 - exemptions, hazmat and MSN

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CERS advice note 5 - 2018 - security & waste reporting

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CERS advice note 4 - 2017 - workbook best practice

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CERS advice note 2 - 2017 - reporting exemptions

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Details

CERSANs are published by the MCA to assist the CERS user community with using CERS and the CERS workbook to meet their reporting obligations.

CERS is used by masters, shipping agents and port authorities to provide mandatory reportable information when a vessel arrives at a port in the UK. A CERSAN will usually be published when operational advice needs to be passed to the user community quickly or if technical guidance on an aspect of using CERS is required.

Updates to this page

Published 17 May 2017
Last updated 5 May 2023 + show all updates
  1. Addition of CERSAN 9, No. 1 of 2023

  2. Uploaded CERS8 CERS Workbook version 1.0.3.1; and new password requirements

  3. Uploaded Advice note 7 2021

  4. removal of attachment 3, moved to 'withdrawn' .

  5. Add new attachement - CERSAN 6

  6. New advice note added

  7. Cersan 4 added

  8. New CERSAN 2-2017 added

  9. Updated CERSAN

  10. First published.

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