European Union's 24 hour Advanced Manifest Regulation
OOCL would like to notify our customers that the European Union (EU) Customs' 24 hour Advanced Manifest Regulation transitional period during which submission of Advance Manifest is not mandatory will end on 31st December 2010.
Effective January 1st 2011 all ocean carriers are required to submit a list of legislation-defined data elements to EU Customs at a vessel's first EU port of call, at least 24 hours prior to cargo loading onboard of the European Union bound vessel. The regulation is applicable to all import cargo to or via any EU Port.
For more details about the requirements, please see the following information from the European Union:
http://ec.europa.eu/ecip/security_amendment/index_en.htm
OOCL will make the appropriate changes to the documentation process in order to comply with the customs' requirement and secure cargo loading for our customers, and will continue to update customers on any further developments on this issue.
