From March 1st 2023 all Air Cargo transiting or importing to the EU will be subject to ICS 2 Entry requirements (more information can be found here). In effect, Carriers must be provided with House-level information for entry purposes.
Specifically, operators must ensure EORI Numbers and HS Codes are provided to Air Carriers. Where Air bookings are managed through CW1, this information can be supplied via eAWB automatically.
For purposes of compliance, Great Britain, Switzerland and Norway are treated as being in the Eurozone along with true EU member countries.
EORI Numbers
For all Direct Air Consolidations entering or transiting the EU, GB, Norway and Switzerland the Shipment Consignee must have a valid EORI on their Organisation record.
For all other kinds of Air Consolidations entering or transiting the EU, the Shipment Receiving Agent must have a valid EORI on their Organisation record.
EORI numbers are registered to the Organisation under Details → Config → Registration Numbers / Codes where staff will need to enter:
Country of Issue
Type = EOR
EORI Number
Where staff do not have access rights to update this field, contact Corporate Support here
HS Codes
HS Codes must be entered against Shipment pack lines.
To do so, staff may need to Customise Columns (right click on the grid and select the column Country / Region Harmonised Codes
Where a pack line relates to a single HS code, this can be entered directly to the packing grid (#1 on the image to the right).
Where multiple HS codes relate to a single pack line, staff can click on the HS Details function to pop open an entry grid (#2 on the right).
This sub-grid supports the Import Data wizard found when right-clicking on an entry grid, which would simplify entry if staff have the HS codes listed in a CSV (or Excel) file.
Further Resources
The following documents outline relevant CW1 functionality in full
Import Data Wizard - how to import data from a CSV or Excel file to any CW1 grid
Multiple Commodities Per Packline - guidance around how multiple commodities can be entered into a single packline on a CW1 Shipment
Mandatory requirements for AWB to meet ICS 2 requirements
HS Code incorporation to AWB messages
For further assistance please contact the Corporate Compliance team here
To keep up to date with the latest guidance, the Corporate Compliance team site can be found here