Guidance

Technical specifications for the Excise Movement Control System

Find out about the Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) specifications for software developers.

Documents

EMCS artefacts v18.0 for release 4.1

EMCS artefacts v16.0 for release 4.0

WSDL and schema third party v16.0 for release 4.0

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DDNEA v3.02 for release 4.0

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FESS v4.01 for release 4.0

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Details

Technical specifications for EMCS software developers.

You can find guidance for the period before 1 October 2021 in the National Archives.

Published 2 July 2003
Last updated 20 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Excise Movement Control System (EMCS) artefacts v18.0 for release 4.1 have been added.

  2. EMCS artefacts v17.0 for release 4.1 has been added.

  3. WSDL and schema third party v16.0 for release 4.0 has been added.

  4. EMCS artefacts v16.0 for release 4.0 has been added.

  5. The page has been updated with guidance to use from 13 February 2023.

  6. The page has been updated with guidance to use from 1 October 2021.

  7. DDNEA version 1.92 has been updated.

  8. EMCS artefacts version 8.0 has been added.

  9. WSDL and schema third party version 8.0, DDNEA version 1.92 and FESS version 3.82 have been added.

  10. EMCS artefacts version 7.0, WSDL and schema third party version 7.0, DDNEA v1.76 and FESS v3.65 added to the page.

  11. The external links to DDNEA v1.71 and FESS v3.61 have been replaced with the attached files.

  12. Links to EMCS FS3.1 artefacts version 6.0 and WSDL and schema.zip third party version 6.0 have been removed from this page.

  13. First published.