Customs systems
ATLAS in Germany, DMS in the Netherlands, IDMS in Belgium, AIS in Ireland, Passar in Switzerland, and the EU Customs Data Hub of the customs reform.
What this category answers
Where a declaration goes once it is prepared: the German ATLAS and the Dutch DMS, what they share and where they differ, and what the EU customs reform of 2026 changes, with the dates from the regulation itself. For brokers working on both sides of the border in the years before the EU Customs Data Hub becomes mandatory, on 1 March 2034 [1]. It also answers the question brokers ask about their own role, will AI replace customs brokers, from what the law says about who lodges a declaration and who answers for it. Beyond Germany and the Netherlands, IDMS explains the Belgian system that replaced PLDA for import, AIS the Irish one, and Passar the Swiss one and who files what at the German border.
Sources
- 1Regulation (EU) 2026/2108 establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, Article 285, Official Journal of the European Union, 2026-09-19. Read 2026-09-26.
Customs systems guides
- Choosing customs software: 8 questions for vendorsCompare customs software by filing, preparation, supported systems, review and data handling. Use eight vendor questions and a test with past shipments.
- AIS: lodging an import declaration in IrelandAIS is Revenue's system for Irish import declarations. What an importer or broker needs to lodge one, how duty and VAT are paid, and what AIS V2 changed.
- IDMS: the Belgian import declaration systemIDMS is the Belgian customs system for import declarations. It replaced PLDA for import; since 30 September 2025 declarants file there wherever possible.
- Passar 2.0: Swiss customs at the German borderPassar is the new goods traffic system of Swiss customs, the BAZG. What Passar 2.0 changes for imports, and who files what between Germany and Switzerland.
- The EU customs reform and the data hubRegulation (EU) 2026/2108 replaces Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 from 21 September 2027, and its EU Customs Data Hub is mandatory for all from 1 March 2034.
- Will AI replace customs brokers?The declarant still answers for what is lodged, AI or not. Where EU law puts the responsibility, and what AI changes in preparing a customs declaration.
- ATLAS and DMS: the German and Dutch systemsGermany lodges import declarations in ATLAS, the Netherlands in DMS. Both carry the EU data set of the Union Customs Code, each with national rules on top.
