CDS Maintenance and Planned Downtime
BY:
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.
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