e-Declaration

The HM Customs Gibraltar’ ICIS (Integrated Customs Information System) Customs Declaration Processing System (CDPS) allows for the creation, submission and processing of electronic customs declarations and associated documents in a completely automated environment.
The main ICIS CDPS features include:

Traders’ function

- transactional facility for keying in customs declarations, for all types of customs procedures (full business coverage)
- provision of online comprehensive information about legal requirements applicable to each specific transaction (such as licenses, authorisations, certificates etc)
- online interface and real-time cross-validation with ICIS Integrated Tariff and reference databases
- possibility to complete a declaration over several sessions
- facility to upload and process XML documents (e.g. electronic customs declarations prepared using proprietary systems, attached electronic documents etc)
- facility to re-use data, e.g. generate e-declaration from a previous electronic document
- processing of electronic supporting documents
- facility to update, modify or delete declaration data
- automatic calculation of duties, taxes and guarantees
- submission of e-declarations to Customs and other competent authorities

Document follow-up, including

- automatic and on request notification of users (via SMS or e-mail) about the status of the declaration

Automatic processing, including

- by use of barcode readers

Integrated multi-agency risk-management (multi-agency cooperation in fight against fraud)

- inter-agency business processes
- random and targeted selection
- automatic assignment of Customs officers for physical control
- handling of results of controls, including joint multi-agency inspection report

Warehouse management and control

Previous declaration control and write-off

Accounting and payment functions

- facility enabling traders to perform electronic payments
- ability to monitor and trace payments of duties and taxes
- management of guarantees