20 September 2022
The Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021 has been updated with information about Freeports. Penalty code 445 has been added to the Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021.
1 January 2022
The lists of Customs and Export schedules of contravention valid from 1 January 2021 onwards have been updated due to civil penalties in effect from 1 January 2022.
10 December 2021
Information about the customs and export schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021 has been added.
21 May 2018
Export: schedule of contraventions after 14 May 2018 has been added to this page.
16 May 2018
Information on the schedule of contraventions from 9 May 2018 has been added.
11 February 2016
Schedule and Annex to list all rules applicable from 2 April 2015 have been added to this page.
11 November 2011
First published.

Update history

2024-04-25 11:32
The approved person (maximum penalty) for code 400 of the ‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been updated. A new approved person (maximum penalty) for code 452 of the ‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been added.

2024-04-23 13:33
The approved person (maximum penalty) for code 400 of the ‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been updated. A new regulation for ‘The Customs (Preferential Trade Arrangements: Error in Evidence of Origin) Regulations 2024’ has been added to the ‘Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’.

2023-12-01 00:15
‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been updated to remove reason code 300, and section 9 ‘Preference’. New sections have been added about safety and security penalties: section 13 ‘Authorised Economic Operators’, section 14 ‘Entry summary declarations’ and section 15 ‘Exit summary declarations’. ‘Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been updated with information on penalties for reason code 300.

2023-10-17 13:26
Under Section 1 – Report – Reason code 413, the person of description has been updated to “The person of whom the requirement is made (£1,000)”. Also under Section 7 – Community status of goods and community transit – Reason code 216, the person of a description has been updated to “The carrier (£2,500).”

2023-08-04 11:23
Information for code 9 in the relevant rule of description column of the ‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ has been updated.

2022-12-02 15:39
Information in the ‘Relevant rule of description’ column in the ‘Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ table has been updated. Information in the ‘Relevant Export Rule’ column, in the ‘Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021’ table has also been updated. This is to show the source of primary legislation that supports the enforcement of the penalties listed in both tables.

2022-10-06 13:14
Information in the relevant rule of description column for reason code 443 has been removed from Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021. Information in the relevant export rule column for penalty reason code 445 has been updated in Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021.

2022-09-20 09:35
The Customs: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021 has been updated with information about Freeports. Penalty code 445 has been added to the Export: schedule of contraventions from 1 January 2021.