By the end of 2025, AEO-certified companies with a Centralised Clearance (CC) authorisation in the Netherlands will be able to submit customs declarations centrally, even when the goods are located in another EU Member State.

With Centralised Clearance, you submit your declaration to the Supervising Customs Office (SCO), while the goods are presented at a customs office in another country, the so-called Presentation Customs Office (PCO).

This setup applies to most standard customs procedures, except for e-commerce declarations (types H6 and H7).

What do you need to use CC?

To make use of Centralised Clearance, data must be exchanged between national customs authorities and businesses holding a CC authorisation.

You’ll need at least an AEO-C authorisation to qualify.

For those interested in the legal framework:

The basis of CC is laid out in Article 179 of the Union Customs Code (UCC)
Additional provisions are found in Articles 180 and 181
Further elaboration is available in Article 149 of the Delegated Regulation and Articles 229–232 of the Implementing Regulation

What happens to existing SASP authorisations?

Current cross-border authorisations under the SASP scheme will be automatically converted into a CC authorisation when Centralised Clearance goes live.

If you already hold a SASP authorisation, Dutch Customs will contact you in 2025 to request input for a CC control plan.

Not yet a SASP holder, but planning to centralise your declarations?
You can apply for a CC authorisation, as long as you meet the conditions.

To support the implementation of CC, the customs declaration message structures will also be updated across EU Member States.

What’s the timeline?

Dutch Customs aims to launch CC for import declarations by the end of 2025.
Export declarations will follow in 2026.

The following countries are already live with CC: