NEW IUU FORMAT REQUIRED FOR PHILIS DOCUMENT ENTRY SYSTEM

Users of the PHILIS Document Entry System (DES) are asked to record the trailer ID as well as unit ID for trailers subject to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing checks at the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich. 

The information should be entered under the ‘Containers’ tab on PHILIS DES using the format Unit ID space Trailer ID, excluding any special characters:

Notifying the relevant port health authority of imports subject to IUU checks is a legal requirement, and importers are encouraged to contact port.health@scpha.gov.uk with any questions.