CDS Maintenance and Planned Downtime

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Niamh O'Connor
18 May 2023

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Due to scheduled maintenance on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS), the service will be unavailable between 11:59 pm Wednesday, 24th May, to 00:45 am Thursday, 25th May.

Declarations submitted during this timeframe will be processed at the end of the downtime. 

 

Creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference (GMR) during this time will be affected. For guidance on GVMS, please refer to the GVMS service availability and issues page. 

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-for-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service-service-availability-and-issues/register-for-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service-service-availability-and-issues


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