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Cash payments to the Tax Administration and the Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) to be paid at Danske Bank as of 1 January 2017
30.12.2016From the start of 2017, Customs no longer accepts cash payments to the Tax Administration and the Transport Safety Agency (Trafi). In the future, these payments can be made at Danske Bank offices...
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A bigger range of Customs’ newsletters
12.12.2016Finnish Customs regularly sends newsletters to customers on customs information bulletins (THT), currency conversion rates and customs clearance-related issues as well as, until the end of 2016, on...
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Are you expecting a gift from abroad - do you have declare it and pay taxes on it?
2.12.2016A Christmas gift intended as a pleasant surprise can turn in to a costly affair for its recipient, if it is sent from outside the EU’s customs and fiscal territory. If you receive a gift from a...
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Cashier desks will no longer take receipts as of 31 December 2016
1.12.2016Import clearance and car taxation customers have been able to speed up the registration of their payments by presenting bank payment receipts at Customs cashier desks.
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No changes to Customs’ systems for message declarants in November
11.11.2016The Customs systems will be upgraded on 26 November 2016.
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Changes in Customs’ systems on 26 November 2016 – Information for web declarants
11.11.2016The Customs systems will be upgraded on 26 November 2016. The upgrade will introduce the following changes in the user interface for web declarants.
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The unladen weight is to be given as the gross weight of empty containers in AREX declarations on crossing the EU border
13.9.2016When transporting containers owned by another party against payment under a transport contract, transport companies must submit an entry summary declaration for such containers or other empty means...
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Direct message exchange will be the only service channel for message exchange with Customs
30.8.2016In the next few years, with the implementation of a new customs clearance system, Customs will no longer support operator-based message exchange, only direct message exchange.
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Transitional regulations concerning electronic cigarettes and nicotine liquids
18.8.2016Updated 19.8.2016: Customs supervises compliance with the import prohibitions and restrictions as provided for by the new Finnish Tobacco Act which entered into force on 15 August 2016.
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Direct message exchange will be the only service channel for message exchange with Customs
16.6.2016In the next few years, with the implementation of a new customs clearance system, Customs will no longer support operator-based message exchange, only direct message exchange.
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As of 1 June 2016, Finnish Customs will close down customer service in Hakkila and reduce customer service to one day a week at four customs offices
27.5.2016As of 1 June 2016, Finnish Customs will close down customer service at the customs office of Hakkila in Vantaa and reduce customer service to one day a week at the customs offices of Hanko, Pori,...
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Changes in Customs’ systems on 28.5.2016 – Information for web declarants
13.5.2016Customs’ systems will be updated with new versions on 28 May 2016. Web declarants are asked to note the following changes to user interfaces.
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Changes in Customs’ systems on 28.5.2016 – Instructions to message declarants
13.5.2016Customs’ systems will be updated with new versions on 28 May 2016. Message declarants are asked to note the following changes.
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Interest on arrears accordant with Article 114(2) of the Union Customs Code in use as of 1 May 2016
21.4.2016As the Union Customs Code (UCC) is applied as of 1 May 2016, interest on arrears as provided for by Article 114(2) of the Union Customs Code will be taken into use.
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AREX exit notifications must be submitted on the following working day as of 1May 2016
14.4.2016The exit manifest presentation IE547 and the exit notification IE590, which are used for goods leaving by sea, air or rail are currently to be lodged no later than on the third working day...
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Changes to temporary storage as of 1 May 2016
21.3.2016New customs legislation will be introduced on 1 May 2016. As regards temporary storage, the biggest change will be the extension of the time limit for storage to 90 days. It will become possible to...
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Changes to customs warehousing as of 1 May 2016
21.3.2016New customs legislation will be introduced on 1 May 2016. There will be changes to the warehouse types. Goods may be moved under the customs warehousing procedure without separate authorisation.
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The transitional rules for the customs legislation of the Union have been published
17.3.2016Siirtymäsäännös on julkaistu Euroopan unionin virallisessa lehdessä L 69, 15.3.2016.
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The EU has published the first eLearning module on the new customs legislation
15.3.2016The EU has, in collaboration with a pool of experts from the Member States developed an eLearning programme on the new customs legislation that will be applied in stages starting on 1 May 2016.
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New way of informing about disruptions in the Customs Authorisations service from 1 July 2016
14.3.2016A new service for sending notifications about service interruptions in Customs’ electronic systems was introduced on 1 November 2015. As of 1 July 2016, Customs will also use this new service for...