Scheduled maintenance Entry of goods to the EU (ICS2)

Publication date 25-11-2025, 14:52

Required maintenance on Government systems will be performed from Wednesday 03-12-2025 10:30 until (expected end-time) Wednesday 03-12-2025 11:00.
As a result the following Dutch Custom mainprocess(es) are unavailable:

• Entry of goods to the EU (ICS2)

On Wednesday 3-12-2025 from 10:30 until 11:00 ( CET) essential maintenance will be carried out on the central IT component "Tapas" This has an impact on:

ICS2 - sending messages
ICS2 - receiving messages

For further information see BCP.

ICS2 emergency procedure.

If you choose to start the customs procedure/procedure and remove the goods, you will have to apply the ICS2 emergency procedure.

To the Emergency procedure
To the BCP

You will be informed about the availability of the relevant processes.

You will be informed about the availability of the involved process(es).