On Wednesday, 27 August, CLECAT, the European association of logistics professionals, urged the European Commission to suspend the implementation of the import control system (ICS2) for road and rail transport.
ICS2, which enables customs risks to be analysed by requiring carriers to provide detailed information on the goods entering the EU before they arrive, is supposed to apply to land transport starting on Monday, 1 September. CLECAT has warned that there could be serious blockages...