Customs Declarations UK goes live with French ELO compliance

By AI, Created 4:31 PM UTC, May 18, 2026, /AGP/ – Customs Declarations UK says it is now fully certified for France’s mandatory ELO system, letting hauliers and freight operators handle UK customs filings, safety and security declarations, and French border compliance in one platform. The launch is aimed at reducing friction on UK–France RoRo traffic and the Channel Tunnel corridor.

Why it matters: - Customs Declarations UK is now able to bundle UK customs filings, safety and security declarations, and France’s ELO requirement into one workflow. - The integration is aimed at operators moving freight across the UK–France RoRo corridor, where border compliance steps can create delays and data mismatch risk. - The company is offering ELO functionality free under a fair usage policy, which lowers the cost of meeting a new French compliance requirement.

What happened: - Customs Declarations UK said it is fully live with France’s Enveloppe Logistique Obligatoire after direct integration and certification with the French customs authority, the Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects. - The platform now lets users generate a compliant ELO directly inside Customs Declarations UK instead of switching to external French customs systems. - The launch was announced in London on May 14, 2026.

The details: - The ELO is a mandatory logistics envelope for road vehicles crossing between the United Kingdom and France via RoRo routes. - French customs uses the ELO to link the vehicle, truck type and direction of travel to the related customs declarations and safety and security filings. - Customs Declarations UK users can submit a CDS import or export declaration, file an Entry Summary Declaration for Great Britain or an ICS2 declaration for the European Union, and then generate the ELO in the same platform. - The platform links the related Movement Reference Numbers and barcode data required by French customs. - The ELO barcode, which drivers must present at the French border, can be produced, downloaded and shared immediately. - For goods moving from Great Britain into the European Union, French customs requires ELO submissions to reference the relevant ENS or ICS2 filing data. - Customs Declarations UK supports ICS2 across road, sea, air and rail, and across House consignment-level and Master-level declaration types. - EU-based carriers, hauliers and freight forwarders moving inbound from Great Britain can use the platform for both ICS2 and ELO in one workflow. - The company says the platform is particularly relevant for high-frequency RoRo crossings through Dover, Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel. - Customs Declarations UK operates on a pay-per-declaration model with no contractual commitments. - The platform was developed in close consultation with HMRC and integrates with MCP, CNS and CCS-UK. - Customs Declarations UK is built for freight forwarders, hauliers, carriers, customs agents, importers and exporters operating across Great Britain and the European Union. - The platform supports CDS Import and Export Declarations, ENS Safety and Security Declarations, EU ICS2 and ELO.

Between the lines: - The direct French certification turns ELO from a separate border task into part of a single compliance stack. - That matters most for operators handling frequent Channel crossings, where repeated manual handoffs can slow operations and increase compliance risk. - Offering ELO at no charge under fair usage looks designed to make the platform sticky while removing a new cost center for customers. - CEO Jawahir Lal Lund said the goal is to keep users from managing ELO in isolation from the rest of their customs workflow and to avoid data mismatches.

What’s next: - Customs Declarations UK is positioning itself as an end-to-end compliance platform for the UK–EU corridor. - The company is likely to use the ELO launch to deepen adoption among carriers and freight operators that need both UK and EU filings in one system. - The free ELO offering may help accelerate onboarding of new users on routes into France.

The bottom line: - Customs Declarations UK now combines UK customs, ICS2 or ENS, and French ELO compliance in one certified platform for cross-Channel freight operators. - For frequent UK–France movers, the main payoff is fewer systems, fewer handoffs and less border-day friction.