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Request entry or clearance during CHIEF or CDS downtime

Use forms C1402 (F) and C1402 (F) CDS to request entry or clearance when the Collector has authorised short term fallback during CHIEF or CDS downtime.

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CHIEF (DTI) short term fallback (C1402) (F)

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Request to accept entry or clearance on CDS – C1402(F) CDS

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For short term fallback use forms:

  • C1402 (F) to request entry or clearance on CHIEF
  • C1402(F) CDS to request entry or clearance on CDS

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

HMRC is closing the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 31 March 2023. The Customs Declaration Service is replacing it as the UK’s single customs platform.

Updates to this page

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 3 August 2021 + show all updates
  1. Information about HMRC closing the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 31 March 2023 has been added.

  2. Form C1402 (F) CDS to request to accept entry or clearance request has been added.

  3. First published.

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