For more information – please read:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-exporters-202431-use-of-special-and-diacritic-characters-on-the-customs-declaration-service-cds/nte-202431-use-of-special-and-diacritic-characters-on-the-customs-declaration-service-cds–2

This has been an ongoing issue.

Special characters include, but are not limited to:

%

_

{ }

[ ]

#

Diacritic characters include, but are not limited to:

é – accent acute

è – accent grave

ê – circumflex

ë – umlaut or diaerisis

ç – cedilla

ñ – tilde

ø – streg

ð – eth (capital form Ð)

å – bolle

æ – ligature

œ – ligature

ē – macron

č – háček

ŭ – crescent

We would ask that traders do not use special or diacritic characters in their Department for Business and Trade (DBT) ICMS 2, SPIRE and LITE licence applications until the issue has been resolved.

This issue is planned to be fixed as part of the CDS Release in Spring 2025.

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