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5 October

Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) - service downtime October 2012
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is upgrading the EMCS service during the period 12 October 2012 to 14 October 2012, this means the service will not be available during part of this period.

3 October

Revised Public Notices 197, 203A and 204A now published
HMRC has published revised versions of Public Notices 197 (Excise goods: receipts into and removal from an excise warehouse of excise goods), 203A (Registered Consignees) and 204A (Temporary Registered Consignees) to reflect FS2.1 changes to EMCS.

21 September

Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) - get ready for October 2012 changes
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a reminder to traders about the next stage of EMCS which is being launched on 15 October 2012.

3 September

Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) - revised HMRC fallback form published
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published a revised version of the Fallback Splitting Operation (FSO1) form.

3 August 2012

Excise Movement and Control System - information about the October 2012 stage
HMRC has published new information about the next stage of EMCS to be launched in October 2012.

27 January 2012

Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) - Fallback page updated
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have revised the Fallback instructions following the release of the January 2012 stage of EMCS. The revised instructions replace the previous details published on this site.

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