AI image
Customs clearance at OTSL is full import and export handling built into the transport plan, not a separate problem at the end of the route. We run our own customs agencies in Poland and the United Kingdom, prepare and supervise the documents, and lodge the safety declarations before the truck reaches the border. The service is for companies moving goods outside the EU, most often on the Poland-UK, Switzerland and Norway lanes.
Scope
- Export and import clearance: GB, EU, Switzerland, Norway
- Export declaration and EAD (EX message), with proof of exit
- T1/T2 transit: opening, discharge and guarantee
- ENS safety declaration (ICS2 for the EU) lodged before goods arrive
- UK border handling: GVMS, GMR reference, ELO/EIDR readiness
- Preference and origin: EUR.1, statement on origin, commercial invoice and packing list
- Regime 42 imports with deferred VAT, and the EORI number
- Tariff code (CN/HS) check and screening for licences or SPS/BTOM controls
How we do it
We plan the clearance together with the transport order. Before the truck moves we confirm who the exporter and importer are, which Incoterms apply and on which side of the border the customs debt arises. We gather the commercial invoice, packing list, origin data and tariff code, because an error in these details only surfaces at the border, when it is already too late.
Then we lodge the export declaration (EAD), open transit where needed and prepare the safety declaration within the required time. The EU rules are published by the European Commission (europa.eu), the UK rules by the government on GOV.UK. On UK jobs, as carrier we generate the GMR in GVMS, but the GB import documents must come from the British side. Throughout, one person owns the case and can see the status on both sides.
Limits of the service (what it does not cover / what to know)
We do not invent data on the client behalf. The tariff code, value and origin are declared by whoever holds the contract and the invoice; we check consistency and warn about risk. We are not a tax adviser and do not settle import VAT for the client. Mistakes carry the cost: wrong classification means extra duty and a correction, a late ENS can hold the truck at the border, a missing EORI or a VAT error blocks clearance, and an undischarged T1 transit triggers the guarantee and risks duty and VAT on the full value. That is why we close the paperwork before departure, not afterwards.
