Functional Description of the Service

The service aims to enable business actors to fulfill the notification and disclosure obligations digitally. Additionally, the service aims to automate the steps in the process as much as possible.

Conceptually, the part of the service described here is concerned with handling the submission of information in such a way that it ensures Norwegian Customs' needs for risk assessment and control while facilitating the automation of other steps.

The service allows messages about consignments, master consignments, and transport to be submitted as early as possible and independently of each other. However, it is important to note that at the latest by border crossing, the entirety of the information submitted to Norwegian Customs must meet the requirements for notification and disclosure obligations.
This means that the different information elements must be linked together, with keys provided by the submitters, and that the necessary references are in place where required.
For other modes of transport than road vehicles, border crossing is considered to be when the means of transport arrives at its destination (e.g., airport, port, or railway terminal).

The submitter of a message has the ability to submit a message early, update the message, and withdraw the message if necessary (post, put, delete).
The submitter can request the status of the message (get).

The submitter can submit messages until the transport arrives at the border. At border crossing, the information provided must be complete for the transport, its master consignments, and consignments.

Information can be submitted at three levels:

• Transport, which contains
  • Master consignments, which contain
    • Consignments

It is also possible to submit transport and consignments without submitting a master consignment. Transport is then linked to consignments.