[Nhcoll-l] Effective 1 March 2023: Important changes for specimen transfers to Europe, including Schengen Countries Norway, Switzerland and Northern Ireland

[Dirk Neumann]

Dear NHColl community,

one of its members made the SPNHC Legs & Regs Committee aware of the following change of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) Requirements of the European Union:

Required key information for all shipments to the EU allow import effective from 1 March 2023

  *   the EORI number of the RECIPIENT - this is the customs identifications number of the Recipient in the EU / Schengen Area (termed
  *   the correct customs tariff Code (HS) of the Harmonized System - minimum are the first six digits classifying goods; our codes are:
     *   9705 10 00 - man-made archaeological, ethnographic or historical museum artefacts
     *   9705 21 00 - human specimens and parts thereof, i.e. specimens in / samples from anthropological collections
     *   9705 22 00 - zoological or botanical specimens and/or parts of extinct or endangered species, e.g. specimens / samples falling under CITES or under national conservation laws
     *   9705 29 00 - all other zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical or palaeontological specimens that are not categorised as 'extinct' or 'endangered'
  *   full and accurate goods description, i.e.
     *   What is it? - preserved museum objects
     *   What is it made of ? - dried preserved insects / formalin fixed fish / ethanol preserved tissue samples of frogs / macerated dry preserved sheep bones / marine worms embedded on microslides, etc.
     *   What is it intended for? loaned/transferred/exchanged for Biodiversity/Taxonomic/Molecular/Phylogenetic/Anthropological/Archaeozoological/Palaeontological Research

This requires that all

  *    European researchers submit their institutional EORI number to the respective institutions with their loan request
  *   All collection staff outside the EU (and Norway, Switzerland and Northern Ireland) request the EORI before sending specimens


Avoid issuing/adding/sending Commercial Invoices - this implies you are sending commercial goods that are traded as samples (which will be taxed)

Avoid issuing/adding/sending Manufactorer's Declarations - this implies you are a commercial manufacturer and your shipment contains manufactured (commercial) goods (that are or can be traded)


In Principle nothing new - All those following NHCOll closely or that have participated at the SPNHC/CETAF/DNFS Shipping Workshops should be familiar.


With best wishes

Dirk


Further information can be found here:

The EU: link<https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/customs-4/customs-security/import-control-system-2-ics2-0_en>

https://www.fedex.com/en-us/regulatory-news/ics2.html

https://www.ups.com/de/en/supplychain/insights/news-and-market-updates/import-control-system-2.page?

(no the most useful compilation - note that Northern Ireland is covered but not mentioned on the DHL Express website)

https://mydhl.express.dhl/us/en/help-and-support/customs-clearance-advice/customs-regulatory-updates/europe.html


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Dirk Neumann
Collection Manager, Hamburg

Postal address:
Museum of Nature Hamburg
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis
of Biodiversity Change
Dirk Neumann
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Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts;
Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst

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Stiftung Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels
Postanschrift: Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts;
Generaldirektion: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof (Generaldirektor), Adrian Grüter (Kaufm. Geschäftsführer)
Sitz der Stiftung: Adenauerallee 160 in Bonn
Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates: Dr. Michael Wappelhorst
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