Upcoming Planned Maintenance for the Customs Declaration Service

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Niamh O'Connor
13 April 2023

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CDS will be unavailable on Saturday, the 6th of May 2023, from 9:30 pm to 2am on the 7th of May 2023 due to the release of CDS 4.0.1

CDS release 4.0.1 will now take place on Saturday 06th May 2023. This will mean that CDS will be unavailable between Saturday 06th May 2023 9:30pm to 2am Sunday 07th May 2023.


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

 

HMRC apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

The maintenance activity due to go ahead on Saturday, the 15th of April 2023, has now been cancelled, meaning CDS will be available as usual on Saturday, the 15th of April 2023.

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