The Customs Declaration Service will not be available between the hours of 21:30 and 23:30 on Saturday 17th December 2022.

Declarations submitted during this time will be processed at the end of the scheduled maintenance. Please see the following link for more details:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/customs-declaration-service-service-availability-and-issues#planned-downtime

The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) will also be affected from 21:30 to 23:30 on Saturday 17th December 2022.

You will not be able to add Import/Export declarations or validate GMRs during this time. Where possible, please add declarations to GMRs before or after the above time. The GVMS Core service will be fully available during the CDS downtime.

Please see the link for more details:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-a-goods-movement-reference-service-availability-and-issues/get-a-goods-movement-reference-service-availability-and-issues