How do I Grant Authority for the AEB Software to Interact with CDS, NCTS and GVMS?

If you have CDS, NCTS or GVMS configured as part of your AEB software, you will need to grant authority for the AEB software to communicate with CDS/NCTS/GVMS and HMRC on your behalf. If you are using more than one of these systems, each one must be authorized separately. 

Before authority can be granted, you must:

• Have registered with HMRC to use CDS, NCTS or GVMS using your Government Gateway account.
  • CDS: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-access-to-the-customs-declaration-service
  • NCTS:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-subscribe-to-the-new-computerised-transit-system
  • GVMS: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/register-for-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service
• Have the mobile phone which is registered with the Government Gateway account available, as this will be needed to grant authority for the software to interact with HMRC.

The authority should last for 18 months and it will need to be renewed before it expires. To re-authorize, use the same process as below, ensuring that the Government Gateway account used is registered for CDS, NCTS or GVMS as required. Reminders of when the authority is due to expire can be configured.

Once AEB have confirmed that authority for CDS, NCTS or GVMS can now be granted, the following steps will need to be completed within Customs Management.

Please Note: Only users with the I_CLIENTADMIN role will be able to complete the below steps in Customs Management.

How to Grant Authority

1. From the Office menu, go to Administration > Customs settings. Select CDS UK, NCTS UK (CTC) or GVMS UK as required.
   
   
   
2. This will open the Participant settings. Select the Customs system and click Open.
3. Select Grant authority. This will open a new tab on the Government website. 
4. Follow the instructions on the Government website to grant authority for AEB to interact with HMRC on your behalf.
   
5. Once completed, return to Customs Management. Note: If you receive an error message informing you that participant settings have not been found and the connection has been unsuccessful, please log out of Customs Management and repeat steps 1 to 4.
6. The Auth. expiration date should now be populated with a date of expiry. You may need to refresh the screen for the expiration date to be updated.
   

Authority Renewal Reminders

The authority should last for 18 months but it will need to be renewed, using the Government Gateway account that is registered for CDS, NCTS or GVMS before it expires (using the process above).

To enable a user to receive a reminder when the authority is due to expire, some configuration is required. A person record needs to be created which is linked to your company and to a user with the I_SECURITY_CONTACT_PERSON_GB role. This user will then receive an email reminding them that the authority will expire in the number of days entered in the Expiration reminder field. For example, if 30 is entered in the reminder field, then any person setup which is linked to a user with the I_SECURITY_CONTACT_PERSON_GB role will receive an email 30 days before the Auth. expiration date.

To create a person record linked to the user (who has the I_SECURITY_CONTACT_PERSON_GB role) follow the steps below:

• From the Office menu, go to Master data > Persons.

• Open the person record, if it already exits, or click New and enter the name and any other details required to create the new person record.
• From the Person menu, select Add user.

• Select the option to Link person to existing user and click Ok.

• Select the required user from the list, and click Apply.
• Next assign the person to a company, if not already done by selecting the Employee in companies tab.

• Click the New button, select your company and click Apply.
• Press Save & close to save the person record.