All member countries of the Common Transit Convention (CTC) will introduce the final new features of NCTS5, known as Final State Rules, from January 22nd 2025.

The UK is a member of CTC, along with the EU (including special territories), Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

To help you prepare for the implementation of Final State rules in NCTS5 for using transit to move goods, the UK government is providing updates HERE.

 Changes to address used for the ‘Holder of the Transit Procedure’

Following the introduction of NCTS5, there is now a difference in how the trader address information is presented and processed.

The address held centrally in HMRC for traders is the address associated with the business Economic Operators Registration and Identification number (EORI). In NCTS5 this is the principal address for all Transit-related postal correspondence issued by HMRC. This is also the address that will be shown on the Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) to accompany any transit movements. 

What does this mean for traders?

Traders who use different addresses or departments for handling their transit correspondence, may need to adjust their internal processes to ensure any correspondence relating to transit is forwarded to the appropriate internal department and/or person.

To support this, traders can voluntarily enter additional “contact person” information (name, telephone number, e-mail address) in the “Holder of the Transit Procedure” section of the IE015 Transit Declaration.

If these additional details are completed, any correspondence sent to the postal address will also be sent to the e-mail address provided.