B/L Parties in Pre-arrival Cargo Declaration Import

A Pre-arrival Cargo Declaration Import (ENS-filing in accordance with ICS2 regulations) must in most cases contain so-called Bill of Lading Parties data. This concerns the details of the various 'house-related' parties involved in this shipment.

See below for a schematic overview of the required Bill of Lading details per filing type (F10, F11, F12, and F13).

Contracting parties

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F10 F11 F12 F13
Consignor Yes Yes Yes Yes The party which consigns or sends goods. Select from an address book list or add manually
Company name Yes Yes Yes Yes Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Yes Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Country Yes Yes Yes Yes Country name. Free field
Region or province No No No No Region or province. Free field
City Yes Yes Yes Yes City name. Free field
Street No No No No Street name. Free field
Number No No No No Number of the address. Free field
Postal code No No No No Postal code. Free field
Post office box No No No No Post office box Free field
Telephone number If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes Telephone number including country code. Free field
Email address If no telephone number nr., then yes If no telephone number nr., then yes If no telephone number nr., then yes If no telephone number nr., then yes E-mail address. Free field
Consignee No No No No The party to which goods are consigned. Select from an address book list or add manually
Company name Yes Yes Yes Yes Company name. Free field
EORI number No No No No Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Country Yes Yes Yes Yes Country name. Free field
Region or province No No No No Region or province. Free field
City Yes Yes Yes Yes City name. Free field
Street No No No No Street name. Free field
Number No No No No Number of the address. Free field
Postal code No No No No Postal code. Free field
Post office box No No No No Post office box Free field
Telephone number If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes Telephone number including country code. Free field
Email address If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes Email address. Free field
Buyer Yes Yes Not visible Not visible The buyer is the last known entity to whom the goods are sold or agreed to be sold. Select from an address book list or add manually
Company name Yes Yes Not visible Not visible Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Not visible Not visible Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Country Yes Yes Not visible Not visible Country name. Free field
Region or province No No Not visible Not visible Region or province. Free field
City Yes Yes Not visible Not visible City name. Free field
Street No No Not visible Not visible Street name. Free field
Number No No Not visible Not visible Number of the address. Free field
Postal code No No Not visible Not visible Postal code. Free field
Post office box No No Not visible Not visible Post office box Free field
Telephone number If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes Not visible Not visible Telephone number including country code. Free field
Email address If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes Not visible Not visible Email address. Free field
Seller No No Not visible Not visible The seller is the last known entity by whom the goods are sold or agreed to be sold to the buyer. Select from an address book list or add manually
Company name Yes Yes Not visible Not visible Company name. Free field
EORI number No No Not visible Not visible Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Country Yes Yes Not visible Not visible Country name. Free field
Region or province No No Not visible Not visible Region or province. Free field
City Yes Yes Not visible Not visible City name. Free field
Street No No Not visible Not visible Street name. Free field
Number No No Not visible Not visible Number of the address. Free field
Postal code No No Not visible Not visible Postal code. Free field
Post office box No No Not visible Not visible Post office box Free field
Telephone number If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes Not visible Not visible Telephone number including country code. Free field
Email address If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes Not visible Not visible Email address. Free field
Supplementary declarant Not visible Not visible Not visible Yes Select from an address book list or add manually
Company name Not visible Not visible Not visible No Company name. Free field
EORI number Not visible Not visible Not visible Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field

Notify parties

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F10 F11 F12 F13
Company name Yes Yes Yes Yes Company name. Free field
EORI number No No No No Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Country Yes Yes Yes Yes Country name. Free field
Region or province No No No No Region or province. Free field
City Yes Yes Yes Yes City name. Free field
Street No No No No Street name. Free field
Number No No No No Number of the address. Free field
Postal code No No No No Postal code. Free field
Post office box No No No No Post office box Free field
Telephone number If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes If no email address, then yes Telephone number including country code. Free field
Email address If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes If no telephone number, then yes E-mail address. Free field

Supply chain actors

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F10 F11 F12 F13
Consolidator No No No No A freight forwarder combining individual smaller consignments into a single larger consignment (in a consolidation process) that is sent to a counterpart who mirrors the consolidator's activity by dividing the consolidated consignment into its original components. One or multiple can be added from an address book list or can be added manually
Company name No No No No Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Yes Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Freight Forwarder No No No No Party undertaking forwarding of goods One or multiple can be added from an address book list or can be added manually
Company name No No No No Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Yes Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Warehouse keeper No No No No Party taking responsibility for goods entered into a warehouse One or multiple can be added from an address book list or can be added manually
Company name No No No No Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Yes Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field
Authorisation number No No No No The authorisation number of the warehouse keeper. Free field

Access to bulk discharge info

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F10 F11 F12 F13

 

 

Party X No No No No Add parties like surveyors that can access bulk discharge information from this bill of lading One or multiple can be added from an address book list or can be added manually
Company name No No No No Company name. Free field
EORI number Yes Yes Yes Yes Economic Operators Registration and Identification number. Free field

 

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