CUSTOMS WORKFLOW · IPAFFS · OPERATOR HANDOFF
Do not let the IPAFFS reference arrive after the goods.
IPAFFS notifications sit beside commodity, health-document, border-control and customs work. This checklist puts those dependencies into one pre-arrival handoff.
Identify the commodity and risk route first, select an eligible border control post, submit the notification with its documents on time, then carry the reference into the customs and arrival pack.
Move the job in order.
Each checkpoint produces evidence for the next person or system. A failed checkpoint stays visible.
- 01Classify the control route
Identify the product family, origin and current risk category before choosing the notification path.
- 02Check place and time
Confirm an eligible border control post and the source-specific pre-notification deadline.
- 03Assemble health evidence
Match certificates, commercial documents, commodity lines and transport details.
- 04Submit the IPAFFS notification
Upload the required documents and retain the notification reference and version.
- 05Join the arrival handoff
Keep IPAFFS, customs declaration, certificates and BCP instructions aligned through arrival.
Inputs
- Commodity and risk category
- Origin and destination
- Border control post
- Health certificates
- Arrival date and transport
Do not hand off green
- Commodity scope is unresolved
- BCP does not handle the commodity
- Certificate and consignment differ
- Notification deadline is at risk
Six connected customs workflows.
Move between border, VAT, product-control, safety-and-security, payment and transit handoffs without losing the source trail.